First Chance Prospect

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027436
MRDS ID M003087
Record type Site
Current site name First Chance Prospect
Related records 10136518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.97209, 33.80313 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1/2 MILE N OF THE PARKER CREEK EXPERIMENT STAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aztec Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 013E 01 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY 1.0 TO 3.0 MR PER HOUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member
    Rock description Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.97209, 33.80313

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL BULLDOZED BENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-P, P. 477.

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, R.S., 1978, URANIUM OCCURENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 24.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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