Wilson Creek Area Deposit

Prospect in Gila 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161166
MRDS ID M800286
MAS/MILS ID 0040070693
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Creek Area Deposit
Alternate or previous names Shepp Deposit, M Stockman Claim
Related records 10048208

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.8507, 33.99447 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock House(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 008 N 015 E 31 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.8507, 33.99447

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shepp,O H And M. Stockman
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1953
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Asbestos And Uranium Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC URANIUM OCCURANCES IN WILSON CREEK AREA RME-2005 REV.

  • Deposit

    1954

  • Deposit

    GRANGER AND RAUP,GEO OF THE U DEP IN THE DRIPPING SPRING

  • Deposit

    QUARTZITE GILA CO,AZ USGS PP 595 PP 2-3

  • Deposit

    SUPPLEMENT TO USGS PP 595 PP 115-116

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-480 P 32 1953 AND P 142

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.