Black Dragon Mine

The Black Dragon Mine is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Dragon Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael Swell 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR, TABULAR

Structure

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

Type: L
Description: San Rafael Reef (Monocline)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Malachite

Comments

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 (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS (MAX LENGTH 100 FT.) ENTERING OUTCROP.

References

Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, L. M. AND H. H. DOELLING, 1976, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER MINING AREA: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV. BULL. (UNPUB)

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C. ROBECK, R. C. DYER H. B., GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UT., USGS BULL. 123

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C. ETAL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1192

Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J. 1924, GEOLOGY AND OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF PART OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH: USGS BULL. 806 PP. 64 - 150

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK DYER, - BULLETI

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