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Tuscher Canyon Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USAi
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245785
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The Tuscher Canyon mining district is in the Book Cliffs of northwestern Grand County about 17 mi northeast of Green River. The district is a poorly documented series of small U prospects. The first reported discovery was in 1952. Tuscher Canyon is an insignificant U producer having a total of only about 19 tons of ore shipped. The Pine Tree mine is the only reported producer, although the Joker #2 has the most extensive workings.
The Tuscher Canyon district is geologically situated in the Book Cliffs on the Colorado Plateau. The district is unusual in that the ore is hosted in sandstones and mudstones of the Eocene Wasatch Formation (USGS Model 30C) and not the Triassic Chinle or Jurassic Morrison Formations as are most of Utah’s U districts. Mineralization consists of carnotite, uraninite, and autunite associated with small lenses of carbonized logs and limbs in paleo-stream channels. No references to these prospects are found outside the Utah Mineral Occurrence System (UMOS).
The Tuscher Canyon district is largely within the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Desolation Canyon and Floy Canyon Wilderness Study Areas.

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ⓘCarnotite4.HB.05K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
KPotassium
Kⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
VVanadium
Vⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
UUranium
Uⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

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