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Sun Valley Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Rhenium, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258448
MAS/MILS ID 0040050443
Record type Site
Current site name Sun Valley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.78405, 36.7361 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 039 N 006 E 32 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Rhenium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.78405, 36.7361
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Upetco
    Year 1958
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bemco Mining
    Home office California
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR SUN VALLEY MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    PETERSEN,R.,HAMILTON,J.& MYERS,A., ECON.GEO.VOL 54,P254-267

  • Deposit

    HICKS,C., ADMR MOLY OCCURRENCES,MIN RPT#3,P15

  • Deposit

    KING,R., AZ.B.M. #180,P235

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE,H., KEITH,S.,WILT,J., AZ.B.M.#182,P218

  • Deposit

    USBM CRIB PRINTOUT:W016026

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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