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Ruth Deposit

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092695
MRDS ID M899977
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.88207, 34.90783 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 1.2 MILES NORTH OF DELANEY TANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Petrified Forest National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017N 023E 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Zippeite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is A Member Of The Chinle Formation
    Rock description Host Rock Is A Member Of The Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.88207, 34.90783
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CRESENT SHAPE/LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bleached And Altered Rocks Surround Deposits With A High Concentration Of Limolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Petrified Forest District

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM OCCURS IN SCOURS WITHIN CHANNELS, USUALLY TRENDING WEST.
Deposit RUTH DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SIX CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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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