Preliminary Report on Uranium Occurrence, Silver King Claims, Tooele County, Utah
Description:
Abstract: Uranium was discovered on the Silver King claims in the fall of 1953. The claims are on the west flank of the Sheeprock Mountains in the eastern part of the Erickson mining district, Tooele County, Utah. Uraninite occurs in north- to northwest-trending copper-nickel-silver bearing fissure veins near the margin of a granitic stock of probable late Tertiary age. Sedimentary rocks in contact with the granite are chiefly dolomite and quartzite of Middle and Upper Ordovician age. Diamond d…
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Date:
March 1956
Creator:
Hillier, Robert L.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department