| Abstract: | The geology of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, located about 12 miles northwest of Moab, Utah, in the Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah, was studied to determine the habits, ore controls, and possible origin of the deposit.
Rocks of Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic age crop out in the area mapped, and uranium deposits are found in three zones in the lower 25 feet of the Chinle formation of Late Triassic age. The Shinarump No. 1 mine, which is in the lowermost zone, is located on the west flank of the Moab anticline near the Moab fault.
The Shinarump No. 1 uranium deposit consists of discontinuous lenticular layers of mineralized rock, irregular in outline, that, in general, follow the bedding. Ore minerals, mainly uraninite, impregnate the rock. High-grade ore seams of uraninite and chalcocite occur along bedding planes. Uraninite formed later than, or simultaneous with, most sulfides, and the chalcocite may be of two ages, with some being later than uraninite. Uraninite and chalcocite are concentrated in the more poorly sorted parts of siltstones. In the Seven Mile Canyon area guides to ore inferred from the study of the Shinarump No. 1 deposit are the presence of bleached siltstone, carbonaceous matter, and copper sulfides. Results of spectrographic analysis indicate that the mineralizing solutions contained important amounts of barium, vanadium, uranium, and copper, as well as lesser amounts of strontium, chromium, boron, yttrium, lead, and zinc.
The origin of the Shinarump No. 1 deposit is thought to be hydrothermal. |
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| Citation Author: | Finch, Warren Irvin |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | ii, 14 p. :ill., maps ;27 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
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| Citation Series Number: | 336 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Geology of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah; 1954; CIR; 336; Finch, Warren Irvin |
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| Text: | Geology of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah; 1954; CIR; 336; Finch, Warren Irvin |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
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