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Ridenour Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027585
MRDS ID M003444
Record type Site
Current site name Ridenour Mine
Alternate or previous names Grand Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17384, 36.09973 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
Relative position 2 MI. SE 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

Vulcans Throne SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Trumbull(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 031N 008W 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Carnotite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sandstone Bleached, Mudstone Altered To Green-Gray Color

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Occurs In Esplanade Ss. Of Supai Formation
    Rock description Occurs In Esplanade Ss. Of Supai Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17384, 36.09973
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TRUNCATED CONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Controlled By Shears And Fractures Following Semi-Circular Course

Comments on the geologic information

  • U AND V IN THIN CRUSTS AROUND CU ORE BODIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1966

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1916 - 1918
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^15 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 15wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED COCONINO COPPER CO, W.R.RIDENHOUR, ASHCROFT MINING, AND W.R. KAYSER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R. O.; 1954 ; CU - U AT THE RIDENOUR MINE; USAEC RME - 2014 .

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R. D.; 1954 ; RECON. FOR URANIUM IN HUALAPAI RESERVATION; USAEC RME - 2007 .

  • Production

    REF. #1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Jones, Royce (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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