Sun Valley Mine

The Sun Valley Mine is a uranium mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Sun Valley Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Coconino

Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 36.71639, -111.79361

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Sun Valley Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sun Valley Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Rhenium
Tertiary: Cadmium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Vermillion Cliffs District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: U SHAPED BEND OF PALEOSTREAM CHANNEL


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


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

Analytical Data: MOLYBDENUM CONTENT AS HIGH AS 10%.
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE AROUND 0.2% U308


Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jordisite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Zippeite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002734 WITH RECORD M030424 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON, T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000313 OF R.U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): PODS 2 FT BY 3 FT.

Comment (Geology): CONGLOMERATE UNDERLAIN BY MOENKOPI FORMATION.

Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS MINED FROM 1956-1959.

Comment (Commodity): RHENIUM IS CONCENTRATED IN WATER SOLUBLE FRACTION; URANINITE IS INTERSTITIAL MATERIAL AND ROUNDED GRAINS.


References

Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1957, USGS TEI-690, BOOK 1, P. 158.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1959, AN OCCURRENCE OF RHENIUM ASSOCIATED WITH URANINITE IN COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA: ECON. GEOL. V. 54, P. 254-257.


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