Oyler Mine

The Oyler Mine is a uranium mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Oyler Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Fremont 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
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 - Teasdale Anticline

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS, POD

Structure

Type: R
Description: Water Pocket Fold

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Alunitization Of Claystone

Rocks

Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Zippeite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Lepidocrocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE CLOSED BY N.P.S. RESERVE IS ESTIMATE.

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 26

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., JR., HINRICHS, E. N., LUEDKE, R. G., 1952 , PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE CO., UTAH: USGS TEI 203 , P. 22 .

Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON WYANT AND OTHERS - CIRCULAR

Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON KELLER, W. D., - PROF. PAPER

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE L. M., 1978

Reference (Deposit): WYANT DONALD G., BERONI ERNEST P., AND GRANGER HARRY C., 1952 , SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONES: USGS CIRCULAR 220 , P. 26 - 29 .

Reference (Deposit): GRUNER, J. W., GARDINER LYNN, 1952 , MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND ADJACENT REGIONS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SHINARUMP FORMATION: USAEC RMO 566 , P. 21 - 22 .

Reference (Deposit): KELLER, W. D., 1959 , CLAY MINERALS IN THE MUDSTONES OF THE ORE-BEARING FORMATIONS, IN GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU URANIUM ORES: USGS PROF. PAPER 320 , P. 113 - 119 .

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F.J., JR., HUFF, L.C., HINRICHS, N.E., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 363, 102 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1952 COMPILE SMITH AND OTHERS - TEI

Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON GRUNER J. W. AND OTHERS - RMO

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