The Conrad Mine is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,322 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.74056, -110.96861
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Conrad Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Conrad Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael District
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: Staker, Howard R.
Owner Name: Conrad Uranium Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
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: San Rafael Swell
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR - BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Mudstone & Sandstone
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SOME CAVING IN THE MINE HAS COVERED DRIFT OPENINGS. WORKINGS ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 1000 FT.
References
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY - 1973
Reference (Deposit): TERRA WEST CORP. REPORT ON CONRAD, CROSS BOW, HILL TOP CLAIMS, DATE UNKNOWN
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 1239
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