East Cove

The East Cove is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 4,400 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

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Site Name

Primary: East Cove

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/South/Shootaring

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Honey Pot Uranium

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LEASES, BUTTONS, PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GENTLE DIPS

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 , SEC. 8 , T 36 S, R 11 E

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGIONS, UTAH: USGS PROF. 228 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, HELMUT H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, HELMUT H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 22 .

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MA

Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 112

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