Little Erma No. 2 Claim

The Little Erma No. 2 Claim is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Erma No. 2 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael Mining 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

Owner Name: Chute Canyon Uranium Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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: LENSE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Se Flank Of San Rafael Swell

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: 1 Foot Of Bleaching Below Channel

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Coal
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Geology): SANDSTONES - THICK TO MASSIVE, LENTICULAR, CLIFF FORMER, SILTSTONE - MASSIVE, FORMS STEEP SLOPE

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 24

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IN LOWER PART OF A CHANNEL SANDSTONE. PLUNGE DIRECTION IS THE LINE OF A CHANNEL THICKENING

Comment (Workings): HEIGHT TO BACK IS 15 FEET; RIB WIDTH IS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET THERE IS A TOTAL OF TWO SHORT ADITS

Comment (Deposit): MINE CONTAINS VERY SMALL FLOWING SPRING, WATER IS CHEMICALLY CHARGED EMITTING STRONG SULFUR ODOR. SULFATE STALAGTITES AT END OF ADIT. PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION IS AT BASE OF MOSS BACK MEMBER, FINELY DESSIMINAED IN CROSS - BED STREAKS AND COALY LOGS. TOP OF SILTSTONE MEMBER EXHIBITS WEAK RADIOACTIVITY

References

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

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