 | | Book | | - [ URANIUM GUIDEBOOK FOR THE PARADOX BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THE PARADOX BASIN...MINERAL BELT LISBON VALLEY (BIG INDIAN) ORE BELT ORE BODIES URANIUM DISTRICTS AND MINING AREAS SLICK ROCK...ROCK DISTRICT GYPSUM VALLEY DISTRICT BULL CANYON DISTRICT URAVAN DISTRICT GATEWAY DISTRICT (EASTERN GATEWAY...AREA PARADOX DISTRICT BEAVER AND POLAR MESAS LISBON VALLEY (BIG INDIAN) DISTRICT MOAB DISTRICT GREEN RIVER...RIVER DISTRICT THOMPSONS DISTRICT INTER-RIVER REGION RICHARDSON-DEWEY AREA LOWER KANE SPRINGS AREA INDIAN |  | | Report (issue) | | CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most.... . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (volume) | | ____ __ __ __________ __ ___ 125 125 History of mining and production ____ ------------------------------Geologic...deposits_____________________________________ ~onurnent Valley belt_-----------------------------------East ·white...vanadium, copper, and radium during various periods of mining in the past 50 years. Most of the deposits in Triassic...Triassic unconformity. In northeastern Arizona, eastern Utah, and western Colorado three mineral belts have been...underlain by the Chinle formation, are the Monument Valley belt, the east White Canyon belt, and the Moab |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | channel sample collected from the Mineral Joe mine, Montrose County, Colorado, and are fully described by GARRELSand...GARRELSand others (in preparation). The mine is in the Morrison formation of Jurassic age. The channel...uranium ore, Mineral Joe mine, Cola. Oxidized ore, composite sample. Mineral Joe mine, Cola. Oxidized ore...ore, Xneral Joe mine Cola. Partially oxidized uranium ore, Mineral Joe mine, Colo. Fresh umninite, Happy...Happy Jack mine, Utah Oxidized ore, Happy Jack mine, Utah Carbonaceous ore, Temple Mountain, Utah Fresh unaltered |  | | Report (issue) | | uranium-vanadium and copper deposits of the Lisbon Valley area, Utah-Colorado By Gordon W. Weir and Willard...Hermosa Formation in the northern part of the Moab district................................22 Regional stratigraphic...system............................................58 San Rafael group..........................................................................115 Spanish Valley syncline...................................115...............118 Collapse structures of Spanish Valley and environs........ 119 Kane Springs graben.. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SEPTEMBEI{_OCTOBER, 1956 Nos. 9 and 10 WITH HYDROXYL COFFINITE, A URANOUS SIICATE SUBSTITUTION: A NEW XIINERAL*...uraninite in vein depositsin the copper King mine, Larimer county, colorado. It is also associatedwith asphaltic...minerals in the unoxidized ore. In hand specimen coffinite is black; many of the samples have an adamantine...resembling that of a high-rank coal. On the Plateau, coffinite occurs as replacements of organic material, as...In transmitted light the smailer particles of coffinite-bearing materia'l are paie brown to very dark |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization and alteration accompanying faulting 4. Mine adit in bleached-clay zone 5. Dolomite masses replacing...northeast to Arizona on the southwest (Fig. 1). Most mining activity is con- Page Figure 12. Schematic diagram... 1096 17. Structural pattern, southern San Rafael Swell, Utah 1098 18. Hot-springs deposition along Nacimiento...Nacimiento fault 1099 19. Alteration along Lisbon Valley fault 1099 20. Encircling and penetrating igneous...section of uranium-bearing pipe, Woodrow Mine 1103 27. Orphan Mine, Grand Canyon, Arizona... 1101 28. Circular |  | | Report (issue) | | Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district...MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION 05-5 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY a division of 2005 Utah Department of Natural Resources...Resources STATE OF UTAH Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Michael Styler, Executive...Executive Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Richard G. Allis, Director PUBLICATIONS contact Natural Resources...toll-free: 1-888-UTAH MAP website: http://mapstore.utah.gov email: geostore@utah.gov THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |  | | Report (volume) | | the Colorado Plateau is the center of the uranium mining industry in the United States, certain reports...Lincoln County, Nev.... Lander County, Nev.. ...... . Virgin Valley opal district........ Lyon County, Nev............... Tonopah area, Esmeralda County, Nev. Clark County, Nev.---------- . Olancha, Calif. _ ._...---------- ..... Taft-McKittrick area ---------Ridenour mine . .-. ._ ... Aguila area ..-.- ......................____..._-----__-. Cameron area . . Monument Valley (includes Copper Canyon, Hunts Mesa, Nokai Mesa |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | No. 2 mine at the head of Lumsden Canyon about 3! air miles southwest of Gateway, Mesa County, Colo....At the La Sal No. 2 mine, doloresite occurs intimately associated with coffinite, U(SiOa)1-"(OH)r (Stiefi...Sherwood, 1956), and carbonaceousmatter. In this mine these minerals have formed several black concretionary...Mesa County, Colo. I Golden Cycle, J. J., and Peanut in Montrose County, Colo.; Mi Vida in San Juan County...County, Utah; and * Publication authorized by the Director, U. S. Geological Survey. 588 STERNT.STIEFF |  | | Report (issue) | | NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH by James D. Bliss U.S. Geological Survey Menlo...Chinle siltstone and uranium emplacement, Arizona and Utah: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 74, no. 1, p. 23-46. Adams...and chemical characteristics: Utah Geol. Surv. Guideb., Geology of Utah, no. 21, p. 53-77. Akers, J.P...1964, Mineralogy of the Cameron area, Coconino County, Arizona: USAEC RME-99, 99p. Austin, S.R., 1979...carbonaceous shale in the La Ventana Mesa area, Sandoval County, New Mexico: U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 1055-J, p. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sunnwooo, Rabbitite, a new uranyl carbonate from Utah U. S. Geol Survey Trace Elements Investigation Report...No. Z /p:15". 2 mine, San Rafael district, Utah, as an emorescent coating on the mine wall, and is associated...Brscnnn Unnamed New Black Uranium Mineral; Coffinite A. D. Wnrrs AND M. E. TkoursoN, op cit., pp.37-32...mines in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. This mineral is referred to as "coffinite" Geo|,49,356(1954)...No' 2 mine, Mesa County, Colorado, with clausthalite and pitchblende at Corvusite mine, Grand County, Utah |  | | Report (issue) | | 55(5)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Monument No. 2 mine, Arizona, USA. 4.70 (100), 3.83 (50), 2.45 (50), 3.16 (42)...28 (2) 12.65 100.00 (1) La Sal No. 2 mine, Colorado, USA; estimated about 50% montroseite–paramontroseite...tyuyamunite-bearing sandstone (La Sal No. 2 mine, Colorado, USA). Association: Coffinite, uraninite, clausthalite, montroseite...Distribution: In the USA, in Colorado, from the La Sal No. 2 mine, Lumsden Canyon, Gateway district, and in the...Peanut mines, Montrose Co. From the Mi Vida mine, San Juan Co., Utah; at a prospect in Valencia Co., New |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | URAHIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF LONG PARK MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO By JAMES S. HASTINGS ProQuest N um...Colorado Plateau............... 31 6. Present-day mining operations in Long Park.... 45 7. Lithologie...... First National Bank mine 51 9. A "socket" type roll in the Virgin mine ..... 52 10, Isopach map...the Paradox salt anticline, in western Montrose County, south western Colorado. The area is acceaslhTe...minerals, such as montroseite, uranlnite, and coffinite (t), to the highly oxidized vanadates, carnotite |  | | Report (issue) | | vanadium clay minerals together with uraninite, coffinite, and montroseite present in rocks containing organic...the uranium deposit at the Happy Jack mine, San Juan County, Utah, by Albert F. Trites, Jr., Randall T...localization and oxidation of ore at the Peanut mine, Montrose County, Colorado, by Carl H. Roach and Mary E....18. Geology and mineralogy of the J. J. mine, Montrose County, Colorado, by Donald P. Elston and Theodore...geology of the Rifle and Garfield mines, Garfield County, Colorado, by Theodore Botinelly and R. P. Fischer__________ |  | | Book | | INTRODUCTION TO Robert Laut, Ph.D. 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, Pennsylvania 19310 Dedication This...Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road Atglen, PA 19310 Phone: (610) 593-1777; Fax:...Gilbert Gautier; Eric Greene, Treasure Mountain Mining; Leonard Himes, Minerals America; Shelley and Dan...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical |  | | Report (volume) | | .. _.. _.... __ . __ .... _____ .. _. _... . Coffinite .... __ .. __ ..... _... _. __ .... __ ._. ___...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...development of the rich uranium ores of the Katanga district in the Belgian Congo. The uraninite ores of Great...U. S. Geological Survey. The present intensive mining activities in the Colorado Plateau region and associated...SPECIES Thorite } Thorogummite Thorite group Coffinite SILICATES Huttonite Cheralite Pilbarite Uranophane |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minedsincethe early nineteenhundreds. During theseearly mining operationsrelativelylittle attentionwaspaidto the...literature (1).2 Throughoutnearly fifty yearsof mining,the mineraluraninitewent unnoticed. Early operations...discoveries were madealmostsimultaneously in White Canyon, Utah (2), Placerville,Colorado(3), andGrants,New Mexico...Creek, Colo. Yellow Cat District, Utah Corvusitc mine, Beaver Creek Mesa, Utah Grants, N. Mex., Several...Placerville, Colo. 6. Shinarump mines, Seven Mile Canyon, Utah 7. Hosteen Nez, Tuba City, Ariz. Dolores (Chinle) |  | | Book | | of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These figures...doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established uranium mining industries. These efforts in the Reid and in the...Pyrochlorc-microlite, apatite, zirkelite, crandalJite Pyrochlore-mi cro]j te Uraninite, zircon Uraninite Uraninite, fergusonite...novacekite, abernathyite, umohoite, huttonite, and coffinite, all described since 1950), but older minerals...deposit, Great Bear Lake, Canada; Gold.fields district, Canada) (Fig. '2.7). Brecciated pitchblende 111ay |  | | Report (issue) | | ____________________________________ _ History of mining and production ________________ _ General description...States. FIGURE 1. Map showing location of uranium-mining districts in West-Central United States-------------------------2...in 1874 at Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. ('Genth, 1875, p. 144B). In 1898 a deposit...vanadiferous sandstone was found at Roc Creek, Montrose County, Colo. This deposit was soon exploited for the...similar deposits in western Colorado and eastern Utah. From 1898 to 1924 these deposits yielded about |  | | Book | | individual deposits or districts. (in brackets country, district, deposit reviewed): Adamek P. (Scandinavia), Adams...Africa, Namibia), Chenoweth W. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Coste A. (Limousin, France), Cuney M. (granites...Grauch R (western USA), Gautier A. (breccia pipe deposits, USA), Halladay Ch.R (eastern USA), Harshman E.N...N. (Wyoming Basins, USA), Hruby J. (CSFR), Kolb S. (Bavaria, W-Germany), Krol W. (Eastern Europe), Matos... N.M., USA), Smith RB. (South Texas, USA), Tan H.B. (Canada), Thamm J. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Tauchid |  | | Report (issue) | | · as a joint program of the Manhattan Engineer District and its successor, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...___ _ Pitchblende deposits in the Central City district and adjoining areas, Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties...pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard...pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...---Uranium in the fluorspar deposits of the Thomas Range, Utah, by Mortimer H. Staatz and Frank W. Osterwald__________ |  | Min, Maozhong, Chen, Jia, Wang, Jinpeng, Wei, Guanhui, Fayek, Mostafa (2005) Mineral paragenesis and textures associated with sandstone-hosted roll-front uranium deposits, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 26 (1) 51-69 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.10.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | consist of uraninite and coffinite. This is the first noted occurrence of coffinite in this type of deposit...of Wyoming and the Ambrosia Lake of New Mexico, USA (Granger et al., 1961; Adler, 1964; Melin, 1964;...cross-section (B) of the Wuyier, Wuyisan, Wuyiyi uranium district in the YL Basin (modified after 216 Geological...the vicinity of the Wuyier–Wuyisan–Wuyiyi ore district. The oldest rocks exposed in this region are the...Shihongtan ore district are similar to those in the Wuyier–Wuyisan–Wuyiyi ore district (Fig. 3), including |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Collette (pers. comm.) in an attempt to synthesize coffinite, subjected UsOs and silica in a sealed gold capsule...Bavaria. Anal 37. Dull, with purple fluorite. wooD MINE, Central city, colo. usNM 100453.G.:6.77. Anal 62...Prrcrrnr-uNors BIG INDIAN Wash, San Juan Co., Utah. Continental Uranium Co' Mine' H 106050' AnaI 35. Grayish...material, permeatedby calcite. HAPPY JACK Mine, White Canyon, Utah. Lent by L. Stieff and T' Stern' G':9'1'...G':9'1' Anal 25. Fine powder. MI VIDA Mine, san Juan co., utah. H 106040.G.:6.84. Anal 34. Massive,with seam |  | | Report (volume) | | vanadium and uranium deposit of the Bitter Creek mine south of Uravan, Colo., is in the upper part of...are exposed in many other mines in the Uravan district. The zones represent progressive oxidation of...INTRODUCTION The Bitter Creek vanadium and uranium mine (fig. 28) is in the eastern part of the carnotite-producing...Mesa, Montrose, and San Miguel Counties, Colo., and adjacent parts of Utah. The mine is about 6 miles south...the SW.%SW% sec. 1, T. 46 N., K. 17 W., Montrose County (Fischer, 1944). It is reached by an unpaved road |
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