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