| Deposit ID | 10020862 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14174 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mystery Sniffer Mine, Mystery #3 |
| Alternate or previous names | Frog #1, Sniffer, Sniffer Fraction |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.53412, 38.41664 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2268 |
| Relative position | 1 1/2 MILES W OF INDIAN CREEK GUARD STATION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 006W | 28 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Mt. Belknap Rhyolite (Host);Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Andesite Porphyry | ||||
| Rock description | Mt. Belknap Rhyolite (Host);Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Andesite Porphyry | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.53412, 38.41664 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin/Plateau Transition Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Mt Belknap Caldera |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 91.44M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 182.88M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Newton District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Energy Fuels |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 22000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 45000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 5.257HA |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14174 |
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
USGS BULL. 1005, 1954, P. 50.
USAEC ORE RESERVE STUDY
3A) USGS MAP MF 202, 1961, TEXT
3B) UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 21, 1967, P. 117
3C) UTAH G & MS BULL. 79, 1966, P. 29
1910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB
1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, USGS BULL 620-K
1940 RECON USBM, PUB
1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD-MAP
1961 GEOMAP UGMS BULL
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EXPLORATION WORK BEING DONE BY ENERGY FUELS 8/79 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1979 | Everts, Mike L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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