Black Beauty

The Black Beauty is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Beauty

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mountain Area

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR TO TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Coal
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Commodity): DISSEMENTED RADIOACTIVE COALY AND ASPHALTIC MATERIALS

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RADIOACTIVE SURVEY WITH SCINTREX GAD I

Comment (Location): SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 3, T25S, R11E

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: REMOTE AREA

Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, ONE WITH 145' OF WORKING

Comment (Geology): SANDSTONES THIN TO THICK BEDDED, LENTICULAR, LEDGE AND STOPE FORMER.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S

References

Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL 1239

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

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING H. H., 1977 UGMS ECON GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690

Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

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