Oak Creek Prospect

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

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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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