Cedar Point Group

The Cedar Point Group is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 4,281 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cedar Point Group
Secondary: Poison Springs 1 and 2

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns/Orange Cliffs

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: Kay Hunt
Home Office: Hanksville

Owner Name: Silver Bell Industries

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Orange Cliffs

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: West Flank Monument Upwarp

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES UP TO 11.4 PERCENT CU

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED SECTION

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND 1 DOG HOLE

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , P. 98

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A. A., 1946 , GEOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER DESERT-CATARACT CANYON REGION, EMERY, WAYNE, AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 951 .

Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

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

Reference (Production): USBM-MAS 92

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