Dirty Devil 1 & 2

The Dirty Devil 1 & 2 is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,121 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dirty Devil 1 & 2

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael 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: Donald Hanni

Owner Name: Dale Lyman, Blanding

Production

Year: 1977
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.14 % U3o8

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell

Alterations

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

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 35

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR 1977 IS FOR JANUARY - MARCH

References

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

Reference (Deposit): REYNER, M. L., 1950 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UTAH, US AEC RMO-673

Reference (Deposit): 1950 RECON U. S. AEC RMO-673

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETIN 1239

Reference (Production): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

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