| Abstract: | The Mineral Mountains block in west-central Utah is a horst whose core stands structurally high relative to all nearby basin-and-range fault blocks. Rocks of the Mineral Mountains range from Precambrian to Quaternary in age, but mostly consist of Tertiary granitic rocks. The range lies with the Wah Wah-Tusher mineral belt. Lead, silver, gold, and tungsten have been mined commercially.
During a geochemical survey conducted in the summer of 1978, 30 water samples and 29 stream-sediment samples were collected from the Mineral Mountains area. The interpretation of simple plots of uranium concentrations and the results of a Q-mode factor analysis indicate that potential exists for uranium mineral deposits within the Mineral Mountains. The most favorable areas are in the granitic pluton near its contacts with sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. The most likely source of the uranium anomalies is uraninite-bearing epigenic veins along faults and fractures within the pluton. Three hypothetical models are proposed to account for the uranium mineralization. |
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| ProdID: | 10359 |
| Citation Author: | Miller, W. Roger; McHugh, John B.; Ficklin, Walter H. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 48 p. :ill., maps ;29 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Number: | 79-1354 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Possible uranium mineralization, Mineral Mountains, Utah; 1979; OFR; 79-1354; Miller, W. Roger; McHugh, John B.; Ficklin, Walter H. |
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| Text: | Possible uranium mineralization, Mineral Mountains, Utah; 1979; OFR; 79-1354; Miller, W. Roger; McHugh, John B.; Ficklin, Walter H. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/1354/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
