Desert Moon

The Desert Moon is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 4,400 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

Name: Desert Moon  

State:  Utah

County:  Emery

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.96556, -110.37833

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Desert Moon MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Desert Moon


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium


Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Green River Desert District


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Atlas Minerals Corp.

Owner Name: E. E. And Associates
Years: 1965 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL OR LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell, Uinta Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt

Type: L
Description: Periodic Folds In Sub - Morrison Sediments, Saleratus Graben.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstones


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: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): MORE EXACT MERIDIAN LOCATION NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 28, T 215, R 14E

Comment (Development): L60 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1957) L70 - ECONOMIC STUDY (1975 - 76)

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS LARGELY CONFINED TO PALEOCHANNELS AND IS CLOSELY RELATED TO PLANT REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY REPLACED BY URANIUM AND/OR VANADIUM MINERALS.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS ELONGATE ALONG A PALEOCHANNEL DEPOSIT


References

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, R. G. AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT MINING DISTRICT, EMERY AND GRAND CO., UTAH: USAEC RMF - 98

Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. (UNPUBLISHED)

Reference (Deposit): 1976 OTHER UGMS; BULL. (UNPUBLISHED 1976)

Reference (Deposit): JENSEN, H. N., 1953 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER AREA, EMERY CO. UT.; USAEC RME - 38; MILLION I., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE OF AND INVESTIGATIONAL DRILLING FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER DESERT, UTAH: USAEC RME - 102

Reference (Production): UGMS - STUDY 1973

Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W. L. 1952, LOWER CRETACEOUS IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU: AAPG BULL. VOL. 36, PP. 1766 - 1776

Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IAPG; PAPER - 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF.

Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER USAEC; UNPUBLISHED REPORT RME - 98

Reference (Deposit): CRAIG, L. C. AND D. D. DICKEY, 1956, JURASSIC STRATA OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLO: IAPG GUIDEBOOK, 7TH ANN. FIELD CONF. PP. 93 - 104


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