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Lehneer Prospect

Occurrence in Coconino 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027312
MRDS ID M002824
Record type Site
Current site name Lehneer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63964, 36.91139 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
Relative position 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Water Pockets(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 041N 007E 34 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Zippeite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63964, 36.91139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL, TABULAR
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • U And Cu Deposits Occur Where Sandstone Is Thick And Contains Black Carbonaceous Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAND GRAINS ARE COATED WITH URANIUM AND COPPER MINERALS WITHIN OXIDIZED AREAS

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

  • SHORT DRIFT ON MINERALIZATION, BUT NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED BY DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PEIRLE, WESLEY H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM & URANIUM IN ARIZ.: ABM, BULL. 182 , P. 119 & 217 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Bright, Daniel (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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