Blue Chalk Mine

The Blue Chalk Mine is a uranium and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,988 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Blue Chalk Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 5,988 Feet (1,825 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 39.7061, -113.19310

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Blue Chalk Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Chalk Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab


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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Brush Wellman Inc
Info Year: 1980


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): CO UTAH USGS BULL 1069

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ M H 1959 GEO OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUOROSPAR DIST JUAB

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK K C 1976 FLUORITE OCCURRANCES IN UTAH UGMS BULL 110


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