Bonniebell Claims

The Bonniebell Claims is a uranium mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,351 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

Name: Bonniebell Claims  

State:  Utah

County:  Uintah

Elevation: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 40.295, -109.24444

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Bonniebell Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bonniebell Claims


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium


Location

State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Uinta Basin 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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Birch Mining And Drilling Co.


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: Uinta Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: UNKNOWN


Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta Basin Syncline

Type: L
Description: On North Limb Of Broad, Southwest Plunging Syncline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES RANGE FROM .003 TO .090% U AND FROM 0 TO .03% V.


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECTION 17

Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED BY SNOW BROTHERS

Comment (Deposit): CONTAINED WITHIN 100 FOOT STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): CRAIG, L.C. AND OTHERS, 1980, URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, VERNAL 1X2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO-UTAH: DOE PGJ(F)-026.

Reference (Deposit): NOBLE, E.A. AND ANNES, E.C. JR., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE UINTA BASIN OF COLORADO AND UTAH: AEC RME-94.

Reference (Deposit): DASCH, M.D., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH IN URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Reference (Deposit): LOVE, J.D., 1964, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATIC LAKE BEDS OF EOCENE AGE IN INTERMONTANE BASINS OF WYOMING AND UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 474-E.

Reference (Deposit): UGMS, 1974, URANIUM-VANADIUM OCCURRENCES OF UTAH: UGMS OFR-18.

Reference (Deposit): BERONI, B.P. AND MCKEOWN, F.A., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIFEROUS ROCKS IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHEASTERN UTAH: AEC TEI-308.

Reference (Deposit): MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM-MA


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