The White Star Mine is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.08194, -110.94056
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White Star Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael Swell Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
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: San Rafael Swell
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION AT CONTACT BETWEEN CONGLOMERATE AND SILTSTONE
Comment (Workings): ORE ADIT, DIMENSIONS UNKNOWN
Comment (Production): PROBABLY 10 LBS RATHER THAN 10,000 LBS.
References
Reference (Production): CAMPBELL, J.A., 1978.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, J. A., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM RESOURCE EVALUATION, PRICE QUADRANGLE, UTAH: DOE PGJ/F-055(82).
Reference (Deposit): AEC REPORT ED-R-294.
Reference (Deposit): MARSHALL, C.H., 1956, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DESERT LAKE-13 QUADRANGLE, EMERY COUNTY, UT.: USGS MAP I-154
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