Camp Bird 12 Group of Mines

The Camp Bird 12 Group of Mines is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,719 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Camp Bird 12 Group of Mines

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Emery
District: Temple Mountain Area

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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: TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell

Type: L
Description: Temple Mtn. Collapse, East Striking Faults, Northwest, Striking Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Sandstone & Mudstone

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Production): THE PRODUCTION FIGURE G7A IS PROBABLY NOT THE TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR THE PROPERTY.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES CONSIST OF "C" ROLLS, DIFFUSION ROLLS, MASSIVE PRIMARY ORE BODIES

Comment (Location): SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 3, T25S, R11E

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 14 ADITS, MOST ARE CONNECTED THOUGH 6 ARE NOT, GROUND IS BAD - HIGHLY FRACTURED AND MUCH CAVING FROM BACK

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S

References

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., 1957, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TEMPLE MTN. DISTRICT, EMERY CO. UT.: USGS BULL. 1192

Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL 1239

Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON U.S.A.E.C. TEI REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1965 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C. - BULLETIN

Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973

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