Olympic

The Olympic is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,161 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Olympic
Secondary: Mas24 1041

Commodity

Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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: Gerritsen, Adrian

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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp

Type: L
Description: Waterpocket Fold

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE OF MUDSTONE CONTAINED 0.033 PERCENT U3O8 AND 2 PPM. SELENIUM

Materials

Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ADIT

Comment (Geology): NEAR CONTACT WITH SUMMERVILLE FM.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967

Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

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

Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229 .

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

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

Reference (Production): USBM - MAS24

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