Sheets Gulch Mine

The Sheets Gulch Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,880 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: Sheets Gulch Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium

Lat, Long: 38.11611, -111.18306

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Sheets Gulch Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sheets Gulch Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium


Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Notom Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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: U.S. Forest Service


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: Circle Cliffs - Teasdale Anticline


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Water Pocket Fold


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 18

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS IN A THIN MUDSTONE BETWEEN THE SHINARUMP AND MOENKOPI.


References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDKE, R. G., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH; USGS PROF. PAPER 363

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE SMITH, F. J., ETAL, PROF. PAPE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978


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