Blitz

The Blitz is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blitz
Secondary: King

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/East/Trachyte

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kay Hunt
Home Office: Hanksville

Owner Name: Gary Ekker

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Henry Mtns Basin

Type: L
Description: Joining Of Browns Hole Syncline And East Henry Mtns Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Montroseite
Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 OF SECTION 30

Comment (Production): MAY NOT BE COMPLETE RECORD.

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKE, G. L. AND OTHERS, 1951 , GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TRACHYTE DISTRICT, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USAEC RMO-912 , 7 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C

Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON MIESCH, TEI 670 AND BULL. 1147-E

Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

Reference (Production): UGMS - MAS 3

Reference (Reserve-Resource): USBM - MAS 145

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B. AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 228 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 107 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SP. ST. 22 .

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