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Lobos Group

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026914
MRDS ID M001035
Record type Site
Current site name Lobos Group
Related records 10113231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67237, 31.6443 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 13 MILES NW OF SASABE, ON MEXICO BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aguirre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 007E 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS UNSURVEYED. PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • YELLOW BROWN SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Epidotized Quartzite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE: 0.13 % EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67237, 31.6443
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Radioactivity Along Fractures And Walls Of Vein. Also Within Mica Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • LOCATION PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 - 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , JUNE 1970 , P. 43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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

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