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Hunt's Mesa

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048216
MRDS ID M800299
Record type Site
Current site name Hunt's Mesa
Alternate or previous names Sam Charlie No. 1, Koley No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05903, 36.88334 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.2 MILES W OF MERIDIAN BUTTE, Location Determined From Uncontrolled Areal Mosaics (Rmd-801)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitten Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kayenta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(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 Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 140 MILES S OF MONTICELLO, UTAH; ON NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ASSAY: 4.78% U308, 6.12% V205, 0.51% CU
Result REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE ASSAYS: 0.06-0.14% U308, 0.96-1.26 V205, 0.10-2.69% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05903, 36.88334
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL FILL
    Thickness 15.24M
    Width 91.44M
  • General form CHANNEL FILL

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHINARUMP MEMBER RANGES FROM 2-75 FT THICK ON MESA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer Sam Charlie

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITKIND & THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL 1103, P. 136-139

  • Deposit

    CHESTER, USAEC RMO-801

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE IS GIVEN FOR BOTH CHANNELS ON MESA

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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