Bill Wells

The Bill Wells is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 4,619 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: Bill Wells  

State:  Utah

County:  Garfield

Elevation: 4,619 Feet (1,408 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.1, -110.38139

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Bill Wells MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bill Wells


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/Orange Cliffs


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: P And P Associates

Owner Name: Clayton Stocks, N. C. Ribble
Home Office: Moab, Ut.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Orange Cliffs


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: West Flank Monument Upwarp


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Workings): SIMPLE ADIT

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE LOGS AND CARBONACEOUS STREAKS.


References

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .

Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

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

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

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


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