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Leed's Uranium Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021269
MRDS ID DC15422
Record type Site
Current site name Leed's Uranium Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.35802, 37.2422 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Relative position JUST NORTH OF LEEDS TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 013W 07 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARNOTITE COATS CASTS OF FOSSIL PLANTS IN CARBONACEOUS SHALE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1951 SHIPPING ORE ASSAY 0.25 % U3O8 , AND 1.44 % V205

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.35802, 37.2422
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Ne Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OPEN CUT IS IN VERY FINE - GRAIN YELLOWISH SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years JUNE, 1951

Mining district

District name Harrisburg District

Comments on the workings information

  • AN OPEN CUT AND THREE SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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