The Utarado Mining Co. is a molybdenum mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 40.09583, -109.71194
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Utarado Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utarado Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Ouray
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Black Fresh Rock Turns Dark Blue Upon Exposure To Air.
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS RANGE FROM 1-4 % MO
Materials
Ore: Ilsemannite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED POINT LOCATION
Comment (Deposit): ILSEMANNITE DISSOLVES IN WATER CHANGING IT TO A DEEP BLUE DYE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 60 FT OPEN CUT FOLLOW BY A 140 FT ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HESS, F.L., 1925 , ILSEMANNITE AT OURAY: USGS BULL 750-A.
Reference (Deposit): PRUITT, R.G., 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 71 , P. 91
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III , P. 606
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