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Giger Claims

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048206
MRDS ID M800284
Record type Site
Current site name Giger Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23432, 33.80257 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Placed Near Road In Center Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenback Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 011E 04 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR PAYSON. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02-0.08 MR/HR, MAX 0.18-0.90 MR/HR: 2 METHODS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.23432, 33.80257
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Bedding Features

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Rich
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Geo Toot, K. Cline, Sam Simmons

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME SCRAPING WITH BULL DOZERS HAS BEEN DONE AS OF 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-156, 1970

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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