Atco Mine

The Atco Mine is a mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,121 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Atco Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Physiographic Detail: San Rafael Swell

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Coal
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): OUTCROP HAS BEEN BORED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE MINE

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC 12

References

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

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

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): 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

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

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

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