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Hillside Mine

Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079011
MRDS ID W027784
Record type Site
Current site name Hillside Mine
Related records 10130354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.12738, 37.58444 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1.9 MILES SW FROM THE NEEDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fry Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 016E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.12738, 37.58444
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Fry Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Energy Fuels Nuclear

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.05 wt-pct Uranium Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXPLORATION TO EXTEND HILLSIDE, GIZMO, EARS WORKING TO MAYBE'S WORKINGS IN DEEP CHANNEL OF SHINARUMP SANDSTONE, POTENTIAL RESERVES LARGE
  • STOCKPILE AT PORTAL

Comments on the workings information

  • NOT VISITED DUE TO ACTIVE MINING. DESCRIPTION UNAVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • HILLSIDE ACTIVE - PLANS TO EXTENEND ADIT TO THE MAYBE MINE ON WEST SIDE OF NORTHERN BUTTE OF TABLES OF THE SUN, THE WORK WILL BE PRODUCED TOGETHER - HILLSIDE, GIZMO, EARS, MAYBE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1132

  • Production

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES H., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERGROUND WORKING NOT VISITED. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION UNAVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

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