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Black Butte Uranium Corp

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048199
MRDS ID M800273
Record type Site
Current site name Black Butte Uranium Corp
Related records 10113484

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14159, 33.85534 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Placed In Center Of General Area Of Mineralization

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiger Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N;006N 008W;009W 13,14;24,18,19,20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR AGUILA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.005 MR/HR, MAX 0.013 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Andesitic To Rhyolitic Dikes
    Rock description Andesitic To Rhyolitic Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14159, 33.85534
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Structures

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-70W
    Dip 25-65S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS SECONDARY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Horn District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Butte Uranium Corp
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS, OCCURRENCE ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-157, 1970

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATTITUDES ARE FOR LAKE BED SEDIMENTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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