Radiance Group

The Radiance Group is a uranium mine located in Kane county, Utah at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Radiance Group
Secondary: Sandy Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Kane
District: Paria River

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: Rasmussen, A. H. And V. H.

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: Grand Canyon Section
Physiographic Detail: Cockscomb

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Adjacent To Faults, Steeply Dipping Monocline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE YIELDED 0.25 % U3O8 AND A TRACE OF V2O5 , AND 0.05 % CU

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 7 HOLES DRILLED, COMBINED FOOTAGE OF 250 FT

Comment (Deposit): LACK OF CARBON TRASH NOTICEABLE; DISSEMINATED IN SANDSTONE

Comment (Workings): RIMSTRIP 1,000 FEET LONG, OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW REMOVED

Comment (Location): C, SW 1/4 SEC. 25

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: BURANCK, 1942

Reference (Deposit): BURANCK, ALFRED, 1942 , INITIAL REPORT ON THE LEAD ORE MINE, TOOCK COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, CIRCULAR NO. 9 .

Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO 2 .

Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON UGMS CIRC. 1

Reference (Production): USBM MAS 1902

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