Thornburg Memorial Mine

The Thornburg Memorial Mine is a uranium mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,649 feet.

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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: Thornburg Memorial Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Grand

Elevation: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.69389, -109.70722

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Thornburg Memorial Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Thornburg Memorial Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Seven Mile 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: Cotter Corp.

Owner Name: Thornburg Mining


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR - PINCH-SWELL


Structure

Type: R
Description: Moab Fault Just To The East


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE ACCESS TO WORKINGS IS BY NUMEROUS ADITS AND INCLINES

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NUMEROUS DRILL HOLES OVER AREA DILLENATE LARGE ORE BODY

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC.


References

Reference (Deposit): DROULLARD, R. F., AND E. E. JONES, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN MILE CANYON URANIUM DEPOSITS, GRAND CO., UTAH: U.S.A.E.C. RME-4066


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