Snowflake Mine

The Snowflake Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 5,961 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

Name: Snowflake Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  San Juan

Elevation: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium

Lat, Long: 38.41889, -109.39639

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Snowflake Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Snowflake Mine
Secondary: Sunflower


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium


Location

State: Utah
County: San Juan
District: Bramley Ridge


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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: R. V. Swell (Plateau Resources Ltd.)


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Mica
Ore: Carnotite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SURFACE PIT OCCUR ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE ORE ZONE.

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC 28


References

Reference (Production): SMOUSE 1973 (UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES)

Reference (Deposit): FARROW, C. E., R. A. TEACHMAN, R. C. DICKINSON AND T. K. HILLEARY, 1955 , DRILLING AT THE SUNFLOWER AND SNOWFLAKE, LUCKY STRIKE AND PETERINO CLAIMS AND YELLOW CIRCLE CLAIM GROUP SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH USAEL RME 58


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