| Deposit ID | 10027290 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002734 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sun Valley Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.79436, 36.71639 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | IN CANYON ABOUT 2 MI WSW OF CLIFF DWELLERS LODGE; E OF JACOB LAKE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Coconino(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Emmett Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Colorado-Marble Canyon(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Coconino |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 038N | 006E | 06 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Rhenium | Tertiary |
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Jordisite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Zippeite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE GRADE AROUND 0.2% U308 |
|---|---|
| Result | MOLYBDENUM CONTENT AS HIGH AS 10%. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.79436, 36.71639 |
|---|
| General form | U SHAPED BEND OF PALEOSTREAM CHANNEL |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 39.62M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Vermillion Cliffs District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002734 |
KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.
PETERSON, 1957, USGS TEI-690, BOOK 1, P. 158.
PETERSON, 1959, AN OCCURRENCE OF RHENIUM ASSOCIATED WITH URANINITE IN COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA: ECON. GEOL. V. 54, P. 254-257.
ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Deposit | PODS 2 FT BY 3 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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