The Aec Group # 3 is a mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,721 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.83306, -109.52806
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Aec Group # 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aec Group # 3
Commodity
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Thompsons - Yellow Cat 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: Surface/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
Physiographic Detail: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Salt Valley Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mica
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO GROUPS OF WORKINGS IN A CHANNEL - CUT OF SALT WASH MBR.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC 6
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO INCLINES AND FOUR ADITS. ONE ADIT WAS CAVED AND WAS CONTINUED AS AN OPEN - CUT WORK
References
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W. L., 1952 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE THOMPSONS AREA GRAND COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 46 , 51 P
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977
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