Rio Colorado

Uranium occurrence · Emery County, Utah

OccurrenceUraniumUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
NOTED AT THE SURFACE · URANIUMSECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as a mineral occurrence: a place where a geologist noted the mineral, with no mining recorded. The ore color stands for uranium. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateUtah
CountyEmery
Coordinates38.69386, -110.98463

Commodities

PrimaryUranium

Mine Details

StatusOccurrence
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10020582
This siteNearby records

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Nearest Recorded Sites

SiteDistanceCommodityStatus
Dirty Devil #4, #60.0 miUranium, VanadiumProducer
Dirty Devil Min0.0 miUraniumProducer
Green Dragon #20.0 miUraniumProducer
Rio Colorado0.1 miPast Producer
Rio Colorado0.1 miProspect
Dirty Devil 60.3 miUraniumPast Producer
Dirty Devil #60.4 miPast Producer
Green Dragon 30.6 miProspect
Dirty Devil0.7 miUraniumOccurrence
Green Dragon 40.7 miProspect
Dirty Devil 3 & 40.7 miUranium, VanadiumProducer
Dirty Devil 1&20.8 miProducer

What This Means

This location is classified as a mineral prospect or occurrence — a site where minerals have been identified but no significant mining has taken place. These sites typically have minimal environmental impact but indicate the presence of mineral deposits in the area.

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