Red Creek Canyon Prospects

The Red Creek Canyon Prospects is a uranium and copper mine located in Daggett county, Utah.

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: Red Creek Canyon Prospects

State: Utah

County: Daggett

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium, Copper

Lat, Long: 41.06222, -109.35028

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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

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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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