Del Monte Mines

The Del Monte Mines is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Del Monte Mines
Secondary: Delmonte
Secondary: Delmonte Group
Secondary: National Uranium Corp. Del Monte Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./South/Del Monte

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kay Hunt
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Hanksville
Info Year: 1978

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Henry Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR/LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Henry Mtns. Basin

Type: L
Description: South Flank Little Rockies Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ANALYSES TO 6.81 PERCENT U3O8 AND 9.8 PERCENT V2O5

Materials

Ore: Roscoelite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): MANY CLOSELY SPACED ADITS, EACH 50 - 200 FT. IN LENGTH

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE THICKNESS WAS 3 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNT AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MTNS. REGION, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1958

Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON JOHNSON, BULL. 1087-C

Reference (Analytical Data): DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22.

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22.
Pages: p. 35, minemap.

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

Reference (Deposit): BROOKE, G.L., Shirley, R.F., and Swanson, M.A., 1951, GEOLogical INVESTigation OF the TRACHYTE DISTrict, HENRY MounTaiNS, Utah: USAEC RMO-912, 7 P.

Reference (Deposit): USBM INDEX FOR GARFIELD CO.

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-20-1970.

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT'S FILE, USGS

Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 129

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-29-1958.

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