Big Hole Mine

The Big Hole Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,361 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Big Hole Mine
Secondary: Cliffhouse

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Cottonwood Wash 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: Look Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
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: Blanding Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pascoite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Montroseite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE IS FLOODED RESERVES CANNOT BE ESTIMATED

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 3

Comment (Deposit): MINE IS FLOODED INFORMATION ON DEPOSIT FROM LITERATURE

References

Reference (Deposit): 1946 RECON U. S. G. M. R. I. 3930

Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON USAEC RME 3093

Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON USAEC RME 109 (REV.)

Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY 1973

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

Reference (Deposit): DODD, P. H., 1956 , EXAMPLES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU; USGS PP 300 , P 243 - 262

Reference (Deposit): PITMAN, R. K., 1958 , URANIUM - VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD WASH MINING AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH; USAEC RME 109

Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W. L., 1954 , RELATION OF SEDIMENTARY TRENDS, TECTONIC FEATURES, AND ORE DEPOSITS IN THE BLANDING DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, USAEC RME 3093 ( PT. 1 )

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