Gila Mine

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046358
MRDS ID M241493
Record type Site
Current site name Gila Mine
Alternate or previous names Plot No. 4 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.28957, 36.90084 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 0.5 MILES WEST OF TSITAH WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toh Atin Mesa East(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 40N 28E 01,12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.28957, 36.90084

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description On Ne Limb Of Toh Atin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR LAYERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Found In Clusters, Usually Associated With Carbonaceous Detritus

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARBONIZED LOGS AND TRASH ABUNDANT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • GILA MINE MAY HAVE PRODUCED A FEW THOUSAND TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES LIMITED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1951, CARNOTITE DEPOSITS IN THE CARRIZO MTNS.AREA, U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR III, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1955, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NW CARRIZO AREA, FOUR CORNERS FIELD COVE, NO. 1

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 145

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.

  • Production

    NMGS 24TH GUIDEBOOK, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.