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Mineral Resources of the Mill Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah

Author : S. Bartsch-Winkler

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Page : 366 pages

File Size : 14,40 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Behind the Rocks Wilderness (Utah)

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The San Rafael Swell wilderness study areas, including the Muddy Creek, Crack Canyon, San Rafael Reef, Mexican Mountain, and Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Areas, are in Emery County, south-central Utah. At least 4,100 current and historic mining claims have been located in or near the study areas, primarily for uranium. Vanadium is the most valuable byproduct of uranium mining, although minor copper, silver, lead, zinc, and gold also occur in some deposits.



Mineral Resources of the Desolation Canyon, Turtle Canyon, and Floy Canyon Wilderness Study Areas, Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties, Utah

Author : William Bryan Cashion

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Page : 56 pages

File Size : 47,81 MB

Release : 1990

Category : Desolation Canyon Wilderness (Utah)

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In 1985,1986, and 1988, the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey studied the Desolation Canyon (UT-060-068A), Turtle Canyon (UT-060-067), and Floy Canyon (UT-060-068B) Wilderness Study Areas, which are contiguous and located in Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties in eastern Utah. The study areas include 242,000 acres, 33,690 acres, and 23,140 acres respectively.