Caly X #8

The Caly X #8 is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Caly X #8

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mountain Area

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: Mineral Energy Inc.

Owner Name: Union Carbide

Production

Year: 1956
Time Period: 1952-1956
Material type: U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.27% U3o8, .90% V2o5

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: San Rafael Swell

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: "C" ROLLS, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell

Type: L
Description: Temple Mountain Collapse

Alterations

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

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE TAKEN 75' WEST OF CALYX HOLE #8 26" CHIP SAMPLE

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): SE 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 35

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONNECTED TO CALYX #11 WORKINGS

References

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1192

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

Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C.

Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

Reference (Production): HAWLEY, C. C. AND OTHERS, 1965, USGS BULL. 1192, P. 135

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