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Atom Claims 1, 2, 3

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027058
MRDS ID M001830
Record type Site
Current site name Atom Claims 1, 2, 3
Related records 10210044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58329, 33.1034 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI EAST OF THE COLORADO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 023W 01 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN BY THE OWNER CONTAINED 0.01 TO 0.04 PERCENT U. AS THE SAMPLES INDICATE THAT THE URANIUM IS IN EQUILIBRIUM AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF STRONG MINERALIZATION, IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THE DEPOSITS WILL IMPROVE IN GRADE AT GREATER DEPTH

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58329, 33.1034
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Principal Joints Strike N 15 W And Dip Steeply Eastward

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Schist Inclusions Commonly Have Hematite Veins Along Their Footwall Contact, And Parts Of These Veins Are Very Weakly Radioactive. Other Radioactive Zones On The Atom Claims Are Exposed In Shallow Prospectpits. There Also The Radioactivity Is Commonly Associated With Hematite-Rich Stringers, Which Follow Either The Foliation In Schist Inclusions Or The Principal Joints. No Uranium Minerals Were Recognized In Either The Shaft Or The Pits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT, AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C.; RUPP, R.B.; 1962; RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147-A, P. A-48

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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