Steele Claims

The Steele Claims is a mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Steele Claims

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Kaiparowits Plateau/Fifty Mile Bench 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State Of Utah

Owner Name: Robert L. Steele
Home Office: Nephi, Ut.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Escalante Bench - Kaiparowits Plateau

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES AND PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization (Weak)

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: V2O5 0.002 - 0.005 %
Analytical Data: EU3O8 0.01 - 0.033 %

Materials

Ore: Sandstone
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): A SHORT ADIT LESS THAN 50 FT. IS OPEN, SOME BULLDOZER CUTS.

Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS ACROSS LENGTH; THREE SANDSTONE CHANNELS, SUPERIMPOSED, ARE ANOMALOUSLY RADIOACTIVE. DIP VARIES 2 TO 5 DEG SW

Comment (Reserve-Resource): VERY LOW GRADE

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS SURVEY FIELD REPORT

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1976 , STEELE URANIUM CLAIMS NEAR CAT PASTURE, KANE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY FIELD REPORT, 3 P.

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1976, STEELE URANIUM CLAIMS NEAR CAT PASTURE, KANE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY FIELD REPORT, 3 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UGMS-SURVEY FIELD REPOR

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