Shinarump No. 1 Mine

The Shinarump No. 1 Mine is a uranium mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Shinarump No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Shinarump No. 3 Mine
Secondary: Shinarump No. 4 Mine
Secondary: Shinarump Mine
Secondary: Shinarump #3, #4
Secondary: Shinarump #3
Secondary: Shinarump #1
Secondary: Dime-Shinarump

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Seven Mile Canyon 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: G. E.

Owner Name: Harrison Mining Co.

Owner Name: Thornburg Uranium Mining

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1948
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: Moab Fault Just To The East

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gypsum
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Location): Shinarump No. 1 adit is in N of NE of NW 4 of Sec. 34. Shinarump No. 4 Mine (no adit) is about 600 ft. north in E2 of SW4 Sec. 27. Shinarump No. 3 Mine adit is 1200 ft. to the NNW in the N2 of SW of Sec. 27. Shinarump No. 1 and No. 3 adits are shown but not labeled on Merrimac Butte topo.

Comment (Workings): ACCESS TO WORKINGS AS BY ADITS AND INCLINES SOME ARE CAVED AT PORTAL.

Comment (Production): Shinarump No. 3 Mine produced ore in 1957 (USBM 1957 Minerals Yearbook).

Comment (Deposit): Deposit includes the Shinarump No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4 Mines. Locations by comparing Pl.1 of Circular 336 to Merrimac Butte topo.

Comment (Geology): URANIFEROUS NODULES

References

Reference (Production): USBM Minerals Yearbook, 1957, v. 3, p. 1119.
Pages: p. 1119

Reference (Deposit): Bates, C.E., 1955, Photogeologic map of the Moab-10 quadrangle, Grand County, Utah: USGS MAP I-116, scale 1:24,000. [Mine locations shown but not labeled]

Reference (Deposit): FINCH, W. I., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE SHINARUMP NO. 1 URANIUM MINE, SEVEN MILE CANYON AREA, UTAH; USGS CIRC. 336.

Reference (Deposit): DROULLARD, R. F. AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO. UTAH: USAEC RME-4066

Reference (Deposit): Garvin, R. F., compiler, 1966, Directory of mining industry of Utah 1965: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin 79, 94 p.
Pages: p. 46.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MC CARTHY, Blair M., 1977 (US BLM, See original reporter)

Reference (Deposit): CONS. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-22-1970.

Reference (Deposit): MESA METAL-NONMET MINE FILE

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