May No. 2 Claim

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048211
MRDS ID M800293
Record type Site
Current site name May No. 2 Claim
Related records 10234215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.87014, 33.9784 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 10 MI SE OF YOUNG., Placed Near Center Of Section 01, Unsurveyed

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock House(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(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 007N 014E 01 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Iron Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone;Dripping Springs Quartzite (Upper Member)
    Rock description Mescal Limestone;Dripping Springs Quartzite (Upper Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.87014, 33.9784

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Zone Of Minute Cracks

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS AND RAMBOSEK, 1954, USAEC RME-2005

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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