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Tract No. 11 Mine

Past Producer in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10027480
MRDS ID M003176
Record type Site
Current site name Tract No. 11 Mine
Alternate or previous names Tract No. 11 East Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.37127, 36.96529 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ON SOUTHEAST RIM OF HOSKINNINI MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boot Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kayenta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is Known As Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Host Rock Is Known As Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.37127, 36.96529
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR ORE PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur In Bottom Of Most Paleostream Channels, Usually With Carbonaceous Debris

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PRODUCED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH,W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, H.S., 1966, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MOAB, MONTICELLO, WHITE CANYON AND MONUMENT VALLEY DISTRICTS, UTAH AND ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1222-H, 53 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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