Devil's Claims

The Devil's Claims is a uranium mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,463 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Devil's Claims  

State:  Utah

County:  Uintah

Elevation: 5,463 Feet (1,665 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 40.3675, -109.50778

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Devil's Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Devil's Claims


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Asphalt Ridge-Ashley Valley Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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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: Uinta Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Comment (Development): OPERATOR PLANS FURTHER EXPLORATION IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND HOPES TO GET INTO PRODUCTION WITH A LEACH ENRICHMENT PROCESS.

Comment (Workings): ONE OLD BULLDOZER TRENCH AND ONE NEW SHAFT


References

Reference (Deposit): WALTON, P.T., 1944, GEOLOGY OF THE CRETACEOUS OF THE UINTA BASIN, UTAH: GEOL. SOC. OF AMERICA BULL. V. 55, NO. 1, P. 91-130.

Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, U.S. BUR. OF MINES CONTRACT HO 232069, URANIUM VANADIUM REPORT 18, UINTA DISTRICT.

Reference (Deposit): CRAIG, L.C., HAIL, W.J. JR., AND LUFT, S.J., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH DOE PGJ/F-026(82)


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