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Sam Claims

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027288
MRDS ID M002732
Record type Site
Current site name Sam Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.72825, 36.80278 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF VERMILION CLIFFS LODGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Navajo Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper 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 Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 039N 006E 02 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM'S AT BORDER OF CAVE CREEK AND NEW RIVER MESA QUADS, ALONG CAVE CREEK, SECTION 8. PLACERS ARE ALL ALONG CAVE CREEK NORTH AND SOUTH OF SECTION 8. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is Part Of The Petrified Forest Member Within Chinle Formation
    Rock description Host Rock Is Part Of The Petrified Forest Member Within Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.72825, 36.80278
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/PODS
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS UNDERAY SOIL AND CEMENTED GRAVELS AT DEPTHS OF 1 TO 16 FT. NEARBY MARICOPA AND PHOENIX MINES HAVE GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS IN ALTERED PREC SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermillion Cliffs District

Comments on the production information

  • GROUND VALUES AVERAGED $.85 TO $5.10 PER CUBIC YARD (1910). PRODUCTION WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM THE PLACER IN 1932.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PRODUCTION OF ORE GRADE REPORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHOENIX, DAVID A., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE LEES FERRY AREA: USGS BULL. 1137 , P. 58 - 60 .

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, WESLEY H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM & URANIUM IN ARIZ.; ABM. BULL. 182 , P. 218 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS LIE UNDER SOIL AND CEMENTED GRAVELS AT DEPTHS OF 1 TO 16 FT. THE PAY GRAVEL WAS 1 TO 6 FT THICK. THE SOURCE OF GOLD IS PROBABLY THE NEARBY MARICOPA AND PHOENIX MINES WHERE GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR ALTERED PREC SCHIST.
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE LOWER PART OF A 30 FT. LENS OF GRAYISH RED SILTSTONE NEAR TOP OF PETRIFIED FOREST MEMBER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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