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B. Maher Claim No. 2

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027393
MRDS ID M003016
Record type Site
Current site name B. Maher Claim No. 2
Alternate or previous names Cold Mesa Anomally

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.15764, 36.81057 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGATHLA PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agathla Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kayenta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chinle(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY MEASURED BY SCINTILLOMETER IS 10 TIMES BACKGROUND.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.15764, 36.81057
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Is Located On South Flank Of Agathla Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHANNEL DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION AS OF 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, I.J., 1963, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MONUMENT VALLEY APACHE AND NAVAJO COUNTIES, ARIZONA, USGS BULLETIN 1103, P. 72-75, 142-144

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 19-AUG-1994 Orris, Greta J. 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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