| Deep Creek Valley | |
|---|---|
 View southeasterly across valley, west flank Deep Creek Mountains | |
  Deep Creek Valley Deep Creek Valley in Utah | |
| Length | 35 mi (56 km)N-S |
| Width | 4 mi (6.4 km) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| Regions | Great Basin and Great Salt Lake Desert |
| Counties | Tooele and Juab |
| Communities | Ibapah and Gold Hill |
| Borders on | List |
| Coordinates | 40°10′37″N113°59′49″W / 40.1769°N 113.9969°W Coordinates: 40°10′37″N113°59′49″W / 40.1769°N 113.9969°W |
| Rivers | Deep Creek and East Deep Creek |
Deep Creek Valley is a 35-mile (56 km) long [1] valley located in southwest Tooele County at the Utah-Nevada border; the extreme south of the valley is in northwest Juab County. The valley parallels the west flank of the Deep Creek Range, both north-trending. In the north-northeast, its outlet widens into the southwest of the Great Salt Lake Desert region.
A valley is a low area between hills or mountains typically with a river running through it. In geology, a valley or dale is a depression that is longer than it is wide. The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys. Most valleys belong to one of these two main types or a mixture of them, at least with respect to the cross section of the slopes or hillsides.
Tooele County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 census, the population was 58,218. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele. The county was created in 1850 and organized the following year.
Utah is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest by area, 31st-most-populous, and 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of more than 3 million according to the Census estimate for July 1, 2016. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which contains approximately 2.5 million people; and Washington County in Southern Utah, with over 160,000 residents. Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast.
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The mountain range turns southwest and west in the south, and encloses the higher altitude terrain of the valley; here, the Goshute Indian Reservation lies in the mountains and the Deep Creek Valley's south; the community of Goshute is adjacent the valley; the reservation also extends westward into Nevada, into the east of the Antelope Valley.
Goshute, is a populated place, in Juab County, Utah. It lies at an elevation of 6,181 feet / 1,884 meters. Goshute if eight miles southeast of Eightmile, Nevada, the former site of Eightmile Station, (a Pony Express station, then a stagecoach station of the Overland Mail Company.
The Antelope Valley adjacent to the Nevada/Utah state line, and located in southeast Elko County and northeast White Pine County, Nevada is a 70 mi (113 km) long endorheic valley. The valley curves around the Dolly Varden and Kinsley Mountains, and the Antelope Range.
