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Show ! siifffjiis rata pfGfilffcl id Q0UGf 6. Two new" areas in the Marysvale volcanic field in southwest Utah where pros -pects appear good for finding find-ing uranium deposits have been Identified by UJS. Geological Geo-logical Survey, Department of Interior scientists. One is in the Beaver Val-ley Val-ley around Beaver, and the other is in the Big John caldera in the Tushar Mountains Moun-tains east of Beaver. Recent activity by several major companies staking claims indicates the interest in local areas. One com -pany has made application to test drill near Blue Lake below Mt. Belknap. Even more recently there has been a scramble to lease the uranium rights to Beaver Valley farmland, with at least one company grabbing up leases on a strip down through the South Milford farming area. In neither of the above noted cases did the Survey scientists actuallyjEind concentrations con-centrations of the radio-active material. Instead, they found indirect evidence that indicates the two areas have excellent potential for containing con-taining economic deposits of uranium, and may be good targets for further exploration explor-ation by private industry. The Beaver Valley and the Big John caldera are within the Marysvale uranium ur-anium province. Known ur-! ur-! anium deposits andsomeac-i andsomeac-i tive uranium mines are 8 to 15 miles north and northeast north-east of the caldera. Although a 1978 USGS report suggested suggest-ed that Beaver Valley might be a good place to explore for uranium, the Beaver Valley Val-ley study released is the first firm evidence of possible deposits de-posits in the valley. The other report is the first indication indi-cation the Big John Caldera might have uranium deposits despite its proximity to known deposits. The two reports are part of a series of USGS goolo-(Contlnued goolo-(Contlnued on Page 2) here's more about URANIUM gical studies of the Richfield, Utah, quadrangle, a 7,650 square mile area including Beaver Valley and the Big John caldera. ,-Jn one of the latest two studies, B.M. Reimer, used a helium sniffer to spot possible pos-sible uranium deposits in Beaver Valley. Helim-Beaver Helim-Beaver Valley. Helium is one of the products resulting result-ing from the natural radioactive radio-active decay of uranium. The heaviest concentrations concentra-tions of helium were in the southwest part of Beaver Valley, indicating there may be buried uranium deposits in that area. It is theorized that the uranium was leached out of volcanic rocks somewhere in the Tushar Mountains to the east and northeast and carried by water to the Beaver Bea-ver V-"ley. The report, released as USGS Open File Report 79-1686 79-1686 is titled "Reconnaissance "Reconnais-sance Survey of Helium in Soil Gas in the Eastern Half of the Richfield, Utah, Quad -rangle." The report by Steven, Cunningham and Anderson, An-derson, released as USGS Open File 79-527 is titled "Uranium Potential of the Big John Caldera, Beaver County, Utah. Copies are available for purchase from the Open-File Open-File Services, USGS. Box 25425, Federal Center, in Denver, Colorado, 80225. Reimers report is $1.00 for paper copy and $3.50 for each microfiche copy. The other report costs $2.50 paper copy and $3.50 for -microfiche copy. Orders - must include checks or money orders payable to the U.S. Geological Survey. |