School Section No. 36 Mine, San Rafael Swell Mining District, Emery County, Utah, USAi
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School Section No. 36 Mine | Mine |
San Rafael Swell Mining District | Mining District |
Emery County | County |
Utah | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 51' 11'' North , 110° 44' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Ferron | 1,562 (2017) | 42.8km |
Clawson | 193 (2017) | 43.4km |
Castle Dale | 1,550 (2017) | 46.4km |
Orangeville | 1,394 (2017) | 49.3km |
Hanksville | 212 (2017) | 53.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
183533
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:183533:8
GUID (UUID V4):
1eaa5e06-9c7e-439e-983b-1a641305e1d7
REF:Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL EMERY CO., UT.: USGS BULL. 1239
Deposit:: REYNER, M.L. 1950, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SOME URANIUM DEPOSITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO.,
Commodities (Major) - Uranium; (Trace) - Copper, Vanadium, Uranium
Deposit Type: Replacement
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Flagstaff Limestone
Structure: San Rafael Swell
Host Rock: Sandstone
Tectonic Structure: Stable Platform
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
ⓘ Uranophane Formula: Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Uranophane | 9.AK.15 | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Uranophane | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
O | ⓘ Uranophane | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Uranophane | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Uranophane | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
U | Uranium | |
U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
U | ⓘ Uranophane | Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10089277 |
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