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Flat Tire Group

Occurrence in Graham 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048222
MRDS ID M800310
Record type Site
Current site name Flat Tire Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46898, 32.71511 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Placed On Center Of Border Between Sections 22 & 27

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 028E 22,27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.015 MR/HR, MAX 0.43 MR/HR 1.38% U308

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore On Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gila River Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Haralson, Jr., A. H.
    First year 1955

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1950-
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.02% U308, .03% U2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Major U2O3 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-157, 1970.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, H.W., KEITH, S.B., AND WILT, J.C., 1970, ABM BULL. 182, P. 103-146.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS COATING FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES IN CLAY, TUFF, AND OPALITE BEDS.

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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