The Red Creek Canyon Prospects is a uranium and copper mine located in Daggett county, Utah.
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Red Creek Canyon Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Creek Canyon Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Daggett
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER 569 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Deposit): ONLY URANIUM MINERALS IN AREA
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY FRACTURED UPPER PRECAMBRIAN RED CREEK QUARTZITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 490, 1965, P. 183
Reference (Deposit): WALKER AND OSTERWALD, 1963, USGS PROF. PAPER 455-A, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP 6Q 101, 1957, CLAY BASIN QUAD
Reference (Deposit): 3A) UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK #21, 1967, P. 125
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-31-1970
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