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Golden Duck 1-8 Claims

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095786
MRDS ID M800297
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Duck 1-8 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49852, 33.9345 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfias Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 002W 19,20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MORRISTOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.017 MR/HR, MAX 1.0 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Torbernite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name C Rooks Complex;;
    Rock description C Rooks Complex;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49852, 33.9345
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Picacho District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde Painter, Alden Jones

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall length 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, 3 ADITS, 1 SHALLOW TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-157, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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