Mine detail: Lake Bonneville Sediments

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Location

Lat / long: 39.81688, -113.80473

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, REE, Thorium, Zirconium
Ore: Monazite, Sphene, Zircon
Orebody form: LENSE
Discovery year: 1979

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Lake Bonneville Formation
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Basin And Range, Tilted Fault Block Dipping 20 To 45 Deg W. And Faults Trending N To Nw & W To Nw
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSRE00237
DEP10090138
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.}{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.}
ReporterBlackett, Robert, E.