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Duranium

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Aluminum, Uranium
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161761
MAS/MILS ID 0040230172
Record type Site
Current site name Duranium
Alternate or previous names Santa Cruz, Bald Eagle, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Bear Claw, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -110.94648, 31.67093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1315
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 014 E 19 SWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -110.94648, 31.67093
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 940802

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Tyndall

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kinsley, Otho V.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1956-1957
    Description 1956-57 0.20% U3o8 680 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace U3O8 Uranium Uranium 669.25mt 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC 172-489 SANTA CRUZ CTY PRELIM RECONNIASSANCE RPT

  • Deposit

    ADMR DURANIUM CLAIMS FILE

  • Deposit

    R B SCARBOROUGH, 1981, ARIZ BU GEOL & MIN TECH, GJBX-143,

  • Deposit

    PREPARED FOR DOE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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