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Curran Mesa Prospect

Occurrence in Apache 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027515
MRDS ID M003224
Record type Site
Current site name Curran Mesa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.2165, 36.79669 (WGS84)
Relative position S 34 DEGREES 25 MI. FROM FOUR CORNERS. UNSURV

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pastora Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(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 Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 39N 29E 10,11,14,15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.2165, 36.79669
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NONE TO 10/1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER MIN: VANADIUM. DEPOSIT SHOULD YIELD ABT. 1500 TONS OF ORE CARRYING ABOUT 0.3% U3O8 AND 67,500 LBS. V2O5. THIS AREA HAS ABOUT 10 EXPOSURES OVER 1 MI. OF BED OUTCROP, ONE 200' LONG AND 3' TO 10' THICK. (1943) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. 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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