The Flat Top Deposits is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 6,381 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,381 Feet (1,945 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.68306, -110.72833
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Flat Top Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flat Top Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mtn. Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: State Mine
Owner Name: Mike Scopes, Ferron, Ut.
Production
Year: 1964
Material type: V
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.35 % U3o8, 1.3 % V2o5
Year: 1950
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.15 % U3o8, .67 % V2o5
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
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
Physiographic Detail: San Rafael Swell
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Near Crest Of San Rafael Swell
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Coal
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
Comment (Development): BEING DRILLED IN JAN. AND FEB. 1977 FOR UR. MINILERIZATION ; ECON.COM: REMOTE AREA
Comment (Workings): 16 ADDITS RANGING FROM 210 FT. TO 25 FT. IN LENGTH; HALF ARE EXTENSION OF OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): SANDSTONES, MED. TO MASSIVE, CROSS BEDDED, LENTICULAR, AND CLIFF FORMING
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4, T24S, R11E SEC 32
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE GRADE ESTIMATED WITH SCINTREX GAD I
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C. AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT EMERY CO. UT. USGS BULL. 1192
Reference (Production): HAWLEY, C. C., 1965, USGS BULL 1192, P. 142, ITEMS DZA, G7A, P1A, P2A, UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING H. H. 1977, UGMS, ECON. GEOL.
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