The Oak Creek Prospect is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,161 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.07583, -111.18889
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Oak Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oak Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Notom Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. R. Lyman, D. A. Lyman, J. Cook
Owner Name: Dexter Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs - Teasdale Anticline
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Water Pocket Fold
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Sandstone
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Coal
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 25
References
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE SMITH F. J., ETAL PROF. PAPE
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE L. M., 1978
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, F. J., HUFF, L. C., HINRICHS, N. E., LUEDXE, R. G., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITOL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH; USGS PROF. PAPER 363
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