The Mitten #3 is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,180 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
Elevation: 5,180 Feet (1,579 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.04194, -110.33556
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Mitten #3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mitten #3
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Monument Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Monument Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Bleaching In Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES UNKNOWN
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 14
Comment (Deposit): ADIT IS FLOODED AND DEPOSIT COULD NOT BE SEEN
Comment (Workings): LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS FROM PORTAL TO FLOODED AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): EVENSEN, C. G., AND GRAY, I. B., 1958, EVALUATION OF URANIUM ORE GUIDES, MONUMENT VALLEY, ARIZONA AND UTAH, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 6, SEPT. - OCT., P 639 - 662.
Reference (Deposit): GUIDEBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN U.S., USAEC. 1959
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE L. M., 1977
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