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Vanadium King 5 Prospect, Vanadium King claims, Temple Mountain Mining District, Emery County, Utah, USAi
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Vanadium King 5 ProspectGroup of Adits
Vanadium King claimsGroup of Claims
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 41' 12'' North , 110° 40' 38'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.68667,-110.67750
GeoHash:
G#: 9wck16xn5
GRN:
N26W63
Type:
Group of Adits
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Hanksville212 (2017)35.0km
Ferron1,562 (2017)60.0km
Clawson193 (2017)61.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
184959
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:184959:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Vanadium King 5, 3 adits on North Temple Mountain, was a past producer of Uranium from the Moss Back Member of the Chinle Formation.

Closely spaced ore bodies in the Vanadium King 5 mine yielded over 2,000 tons of ore. The ore occurred as nodules and seams less than an inch thick along fractures; the fracture zones were followed in mining. Veinlike masses of asphaltite
also occurred along fractures.

Commodities (Major) - Vanadium, Uranium
Host Rock: Sandstone
Tectonic Structure: Stable Platform

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Arsenic1.CA.05As
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘCarnotite4.HB.05K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
KPotassium
Kⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
VVanadium
Vⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ Native ArsenicAs
UUranium
Uⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

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Link to USGS MRDS:10089326

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References

mrdata.usgs.gov (n.d.) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10089326
mrdata.usgs.gov (n.d.) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10300470
fs.ogm.utah.gov (n.d.) https://fs.ogm.utah.gov/FILES/MINERALS/PERMITS/015/S0150073/1996/INCOMING/07291996a.pdf
Hawley, C.C., (1957), SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: USAEC TEL-690.
Hawley, C.C., Wyant, D.G., and Brooks, D.B. (1965) Geology and uranium deposits of the Temple Mountain District, Emery County, Utah. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1192.
Gloyn, R.W., Tabet, D.E., Tripp, B.T., Bishop, C.E., Morgan, C.D., Gwynn, J.W., and Blackett, R.E. (2003) Energy, Mineral, and Ground-Water Resources of Carbon and Emery Counties, Utah. Utah Geological Survey Bulletin 132.
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