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Iris 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092681
MRDS ID M800274
Record type Site
Current site name Iris Claims
Related records 10233579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.89598, 33.72452 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Placed At Boundary Of The Two Sections

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meddler Wash(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 005N;004W 014E;014E 34;02 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF GLOBE ON BENCH BETWEEN OAK AND COUGAR CREEKS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02-0.04 MR/HR, MAX 2.0 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.89598, 33.72452
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Globe Uranium Co.
    First year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-156, 1970

  • 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.

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