Deep Creek Valley Occurrences

The Deep Creek Valley Occurrences is a uranium and thorium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Deep Creek Valley Occurrences

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek District

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
Discovery Year: 1977
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVE BLACK SAND FRACTIONS: 170 PPM U, 260 PPM TH. NONMAGNETIC CONCENTRATE CONTAINED 1250 PPM U, 2300 PPM TH. 18 ROCK SAMPLES FROM WESTERN EDGE OF IBAPAH STOCK CONTAIN AN AVERAGE OF 13.9 PPM U (NORMAL GRANITIC ROCK CONTAINS 4-5 PPM). OF 110 SOIL SAMPLES FROM A RIDGE JUST NORTH OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA MINE, ONLY 2 WERE CONSIDERED ANOMALOUS, WITH 66.6 AND 13.1 PPM U.

Materials

Ore: Monazite

Comments

Comment (Geology): URANIUM CONTENT IN STREAM SEDIMENTS AND IN SURFACE AND GROUND WATER SHOWS A DEFINITE WESTWARD URANIUM MIGRATION FROM THE IBAPAH STOCK. U-BEARING SEDIMENTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OVER A LARGE AREA, AND ARE CONCENTRATED AS WELL IN A SMALL RADIOACTIVE BLACK SAND PLACER.

Comment (Location): URANIUM ANOMALIES FOUND IN DEEP CREEK VALLEY ARE ON IBAPAH, GOSHUTE, AND IBAPAH PEAK 7.5 MINUTE QUADS.

Comment (Development): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, 1978, AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE SHOWS 9 FIRST PRIORITY ANOMALIES ON THE GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION. ON BASIS OF ANOMALIES IN GROUND WATER IN WELLS, ROCK SAMPLES, AND A BLACK SAND PLACER, SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI RECOMMEND DRILLING 3-5 ROTARY DRILL HOLES TO EXPLORE THE SUBSURFACE.

Comment (Deposit): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. (1978) COMPLETED AN AERIAL RADIOMETRIC AND MAGNETIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE DELTA QUADRANGLE. NINE FIRST PRIORITY URANIFEROUS METALLOGENIC ANOMALIES, UNINVESTIGATED BY FIELD WORK, ARE ON THE GOSHUTE RESERVATION, OTHERS ARE IN THE DEEP CREEK RANGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, IND., 1978, AERIAL RADIOMETRIC AND MAGNETIC RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE DELTA QUADRANGLE, UTAH. FINAL REPORT, VOL. 1, GJBX-24-79: WORK PERFORMED UNDER BENDIX FIELD ENGINEERING CORP.

Reference (Deposit): SATKOSKI,JACK J., AND SOKASKI, MICHAEL, 1980, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA AND UTAH: REPORT BIA NO. 13-11, P. 1, 6-11, TABLE 2, 3, 4, PLATE 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, APPENDIX 4-8.

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