Snow Claims

The Snow Claims is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,308 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Snow Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Uinta Basin Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Snow Brothers
Home Office: Vernal And Jensen, Utah
Years: 1952 -

Owner Name: W. L. Goldston
Home Office: Houston, Tx.
Years: 1952 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: UNKNOWN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline

Type: L
Description: On North Limb Of Broad, Southwest Plunging Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SANDSTONE AND CLAY GRAB SAMPLE, SNOW NO. 3 CLAIM-.025% URANIUM EQUIVALENT, .034% URANIUM.
Analytical Data: 4 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE IN SANDSTONE WITH AUTUNITE ON SNOW NO. 10 CLAIM: .016% URANIUM EQUIVALENT, .025% URANIUM, .03% V2O5

Materials

Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 24

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONFINED TO 100 FT. STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL

Comment (Workings): SINGLE TRENCH

References

Reference (Deposit): CRAIG, L.C. AND OTHERS, 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL 1X2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO-UTAH: DOE PGJ(F)-026.

Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, E.A. AND ANNES, E.C. JR., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE UINTA BASIN OF COLORADO AND UTAH: AEC RME-94.

Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M.D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Reference (Deposit): LOVE, J.D., 1964, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATIC LAKE BEDS OF EOCENE AGE IN INTERMONTANE BASINS OF WYOMING AND UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 474-E.

Reference (Deposit): UGMS, 1974, URANIUM-VANADIUM OCCURRENCES OF UTAH: UGMS OFR-18.

Reference (Deposit): BERONI, B.P. AND MCKEOWN, F.A., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIFEROUS ROCKS IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, AND NORTHEASTERN UTAH: AEC TEI-308.

Reference (Deposit): MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

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