Mineral resources of the San Rafael Swell Wilderness Study Areas, including Muddy Creek, Crack Canyon, San Rafael Reef, Mexican Mountain, and Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Areas, Emery County, Utah

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OSTI ID:5141615

Bartsch-Winkler, S; Dickerson, R P; Barton, H W; McCafferty, A E; Grauch, V J.S.; Koyuncu, H; Lee, K; Duval, J S ^[1]; Munts, S R; Benjamin, D A; Close, T J; Lipton, D A; Neumann, T R; Willet, S L ^[2]

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1. US Geological Survey (US)
2. US Bureau of Mines (US)

This paper reports on the San Rafael Swell Wilderness Study areas, which includes the Muddy Creek, Crack Canyon, San Rafael Reef, Mexican Mountain, and Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Areas, in Emery County, south-central Utah. Within and near the Crack Canyon Wilderness Study Area are identified subeconomic uranium and vanadium resources. Within the Carmel Formation are inferred subeconomic resources of gypsum in the Muddy Creek, San Rafael Reef, and Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Areas. Other commodities evaluated include geothermal energy, gypsum, limestone, oil and gas, sand and gravel, sandstone, semiprecious gemstones, sulfur petrified wood, and tar sand.

• OSTI ID: 5141615
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Technical Paper Bulletin B 1752
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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