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Alcove 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046357
MRDS ID M241491
Record type Site
Current site name Alcove Mesa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.28874, 36.64085 (WGS84)
Relative position LOC: S 32 DEGREES W, 27 MI. FROM FOUR CORNERS. UNSURVEYED

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinusta Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chinle(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 38N 28E 26,34,35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.28874, 36.64085
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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. USGS MIN. INV. MAP MF-16, 1955

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER MIN: VANADIUM. DEPOSIT SHOULD YIELD 5,000 TONS OF ORE OR 225,000 LBS. V2O5 & CARRY 0.3% U3O8. THIS MESA HAS ABOUT 25 SHOWINGS 5 TO 200' LONG & 1 TO 6' THICK OVER 1.5 MI. (1943) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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