Uneva

The Uneva is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,000 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: Uneva

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael Swell District

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell

Type: L
Description: East San Rafael Monocline.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Sandstone And Mudstone

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: .22% U3O8, 1.42% V2O5

Materials

Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 140 FT ADIT AND AM INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 100 FT LONG. TOTAL WORKINGS LENGTH IS UNKNOWN AS CAVING HAS OCCURED BEHIND THE ADIT AND SHAT INTERSECTION.

References

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C. ET AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1192

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY OF ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH: USGS BULL. 1239, 115 P.

Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1929, GEOLOGY AND OIL AND GAS PROSPECTS OF PART OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH: USGS BULL. 806, P. 69 - 130.

Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY AND OTHERS, BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, ROBECK, DYER, BULLETIN

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