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Sure Fire No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039665
MRDS ID M050616
Record type Site
Current site name Sure Fire No. 1 Claim
Alternate or previous names Vanover Property
Related records 10234349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.49761, 32.30261 (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 15 N2 OF SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ASSAY 0.002 TO 0.008 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist;Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Pinal Schist;Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Prominent Fractures Strike N85e And N60w, And Dip 80n And 75ne, Respectively

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 40 NE
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Radioactive Zones Appear To Be Elongate Parallel To Host Rock Foliation Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Redington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS, ONE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1147-A, P. 35-6.

  • Deposit

    RME, P. 49 - 50 .

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 353.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, USBM RI 5651, P. 19-24.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR IN VEINLETS AND BRECCIA FILLINGS IN SCHIST AND GNEISSIC GRANITE. RADIOACTIVITY IS PRESENT IN FLOAT, CRUSHED ZONES, FRACTURE SURFACES. RADIOACTIVE ZONES ARE WEAK AND DISCONTINUOUS. THE ZONES HAVE BEEN INTENSELY LEACHED AND THEIR URANIUM CONTENT SHOULD INCREASE DOWNWARD FOR AT LEAST A FEW FEET. VEINLETS OF FLUORITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ, UROPHANE, AND AUTUNITE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M000743 BY W. GERE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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