Lake Bonneville Sediments

The Lake Bonneville Sediments is a uranium, ree, thorium, and zirconium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,161 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: Lake Bonneville Sediments  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 5,161 Feet (1,573 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, REE, Thorium, Zirconium

Lat, Long: 39.81694, -113.80389

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Lake Bonneville Sediments MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lake Bonneville Sediments


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: REE
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Zirconium


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek


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: 1979
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Tilted Fault Block Dipping 20 To 45 Deg W. And Faults Trending N To Nw & W To Nw


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: Y-120 PPM.
Analytical Data: LA-980 PPM
Analytical Data: ZR-560 PPM
Analytical Data: TI-0.75%
Analytical Data: TH-642 PPM
Analytical Data: ANALYSIS YIELDED U-168 PPM


Materials

Ore: Monazite
Ore: Sphene
Ore: Zircon


Comments

Comment (Deposit): HEAVY RESISTATE MINERALS WERE ERODED FROM THE GRANITIC IBAPAH STOCK (TERTIARY) IN THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS AND CONCENTRATED IN LAYERS WITHIN THE BEACH TERRACES OF LAKE BONNEVILLE (PLEISTOCENE). PROSPECTIVE AREA EXTENDS BETWEEN THE 5040 FT TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOUR AND THE 5200 FT TOPOGRAPHIC CONTOUR, FROM GRANITE CREEK, ON THE SOUTH, TO BASIN CREEK ON THE GOSHUTE CANYON QUAD, ON THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): REFERENCED TO A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Comment (Development): ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY DETECTED AND CLAIMS FILED IN MID-1970S

Comment (Deposit): LOW-GRADE OCCURRENCES OF HEAVY MINERALS IN LARGE VOLUME -- PLEISTOCENE WAVE-DEPOSITED TERRACES

Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): CADIGAN, R.A., NASH, J.T., ZECH, R.S., WALLACE, R.A., HILLS, F.A., AND ROBINSON, K., 1979, EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR URANIUM AND OTHER MINERALS RESOURCES IN THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS WITHDRAWAL AREA, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 79-1304, 74P.

Reference (Deposit): CADIGAN, R.A., 1982, URANIUM AND OTHER ELEMENT GEOCHEMICAL COVARIATION IN A GRANITIC HOST ROCK AND IN THE DERIVED SEDIMENT, DEEP CREEK RANGE, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 82-416, 21P.


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