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Lena No. 1 - 11 Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026777
MRDS ID M000214
Record type Site
Current site name Lena No. 1 - 11 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.24125, 31.88456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 11 MILES W OF TWIN BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 011E 05,08 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillized, Partly Silicified

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLES 0.004 - 0.012 % U, GRAB SAMPLE 0.019 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.24125, 31.88456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Dikes, And Foliation Of Granite All Trend Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 75 SW
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Papago District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H. C. AND RAUP, R. B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 31 - 34 .

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 - 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , JUNE 1970 , P. 21 , 51 .

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, R. J., 1950 , RECONNAISSANCE OF CERTAIN URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RMO - 679 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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