Dirty Devil 6

The Dirty Devil 6 is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,361 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: Dirty Devil 6  

State:  Utah

County:  Emery

Elevation: 5,361 Feet (1,634 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.69028, -110.98722

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Dirty Devil 6 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dirty Devil 6


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael 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: Donald Hanni


Production

Year: 1956
Time Period: 1951 - 1956
Material type: U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.185 % U3o8, 0.05 % V2o5 - Ore


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1951
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: TABULAR, BLANKET


Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching Of Sandstone, Mudstone


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena
Unknown: Sphalerite


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 25


References

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

Reference (Deposit): BAIN, G. W., 1952, URANIUM IN THE DIRTY DEVIL, SHINARUMP CHANNEL DEPOSIT: US AEC RMO-66

Reference (Deposit): REYNER, M. L., 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALOG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, US AEC RMO-673

Reference (Deposit): 1950 RECON US AEC RMO

Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON US AEC RMO

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, BULLETIN

Reference (Production): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968


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