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Van Hill Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039664
MRDS ID M050615
Record type Site
Current site name Van Hill Claims
Alternate or previous names Van Hill Nos. 1 - 8, Vanover, Bluestate, Bluerock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.49678, 32.30039 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 8.5 MILES S OF REDINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soza Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 018E 09,15,24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02 MR/HR, MAX 4.2 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES: 0.008 % U, 0.17 % EU, 0.011 - 0.021 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 57 NE
    Length 109.73M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Quartzite. Limestone Beds.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Redington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Vanover
    First year 1954

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C. AND RAUP, R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1147-A, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 - 1957: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-159, JUNE 1970, P. 53 , 55.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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