Lonesome

The Lonesome is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Lonesome
Secondary: Gold Butte Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Bluff - Butler Wash Area

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Seth Shumway

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Blanding Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SECTION 16

Comment (Deposit): NO VISIBLE MINERALIZATION

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M. 1977

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