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King No 1, 2, 3 Claims

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese, Iron, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10095785
MRDS ID M800289
Record type Site
Current site name King No 1, 2, 3 Claims
Related records 10258247

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86875, 33.3598 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES S OF MIAMI., Placed Near Center Of Section, Unsurveyed

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(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 001S 014E 07 NW4 (07) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 20 CPS, MAX 300 CPS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Oxidized And Altered Near Quartz Vein

Analytical data

Result SCINTILLOMETER READINGS GAVE VALUES OF 0.01 EU308 TO 0.41 EU308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist;Solitude Granite
    Rock description Pinal Schist;Solitude Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86875, 33.3598
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults Striking Approx E-W And Dipping Steeply N, Others Strike Nw, Dip Ne.

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 65NE
    Length 91.44M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thornburg Uranium Co., 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert J. Boyle (1/3 Owner) And Chas And I. M. Shackelford (2/3 Owner)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED IN 1953 ON AN ABONDONED COPPER PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEATHERS, 1954, USAEC RME-2016.

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-156, 1970.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN HAS MANY MINUTE FRACTURES PARTIALLY SEALED WITH COPPER OXIDES AND RADIOACTIVE MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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