Va Lear

The Va Lear is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,361 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Va Lear

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mountains/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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: S. B. Stevens And Co.

Owner Name: Kay Hunt
Home Office: Hanksville

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: S

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: 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 Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Production): 163 POUNDS U3O8 KNOWN PRODUCED, ORE MUST HAVE CONTAINED V2O5

Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED SMALL LENSES IN SEDIMENTARY CHANNEL

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 7

References

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

Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 155

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, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, SP. ST. 22 .

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

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

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