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England - Hill - Bixby Groups

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026978
MRDS ID M001478
Record type Site
Current site name England - Hill - Bixby Groups
Related records 10210573

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.11708, 32.0429 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 14 MILES SW OF TUCSON, General Location, General Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Xavier Mission(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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

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 016S 012E 07,10,16,19,23,27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 23 , 26 , 27 . UTM LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR AREA, SAN XAVIER INDIAN RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result 11.8 % EU3O8 , 4.95 % CU3O8 , 26 % THO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.11708, 32.0429
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 1.83M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN PIT.

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. 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-79 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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