Anna Bernice Claims

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095030
MRDS ID M002379
Record type Site
Current site name Anna Bernice Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.3318, 35.04811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF JOSEPH CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blairs Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winslow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(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 Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • URANIUM OCCURS IN EXTREMELY MINUTE FRACTURES, INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE, WITHIN A LENSE OF JASPER.

Analytical data

Result THREE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.025, 0.026, AND 0.043% U, AND A HIGH GRADE SPECIMEN CONTAINED 0.25% U.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    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) -110.3318, 35.04811

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 0.15M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Holbrook District

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CLAIMS CONTAIN TWO SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., RECONNAISSANCE STORY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZ., U.S.G.S. BULL. 1147-A, P. A-23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM WAS FORMED FROM DEVITRIFICATION OF VOLCANIC ASH AND REDEPOSITED IN THE JASPER LENS.
Deposit ANNA BERNICE CONSISTS OF 5 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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