Etsitty No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048368
MRDS ID M899961
Record type Site
Current site name Etsitty No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names M.0.5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.84875, 36.28696 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 1.1 MILES SW OF WATERFALL SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweathouse Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon De Chelly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Polacca Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 33N 23E 10 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Metahewettite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 38.1M
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE WAS MINED MAINLY BY OPEN PITS AND RIM CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIL SOCIETY 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK, P. 147-148.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 182, P. 252-254.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) 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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