Cecil Todechenee Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027461
MRDS ID M003139
Record type Site
Current site name Cecil Todechenee Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.4171, 36.8764 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1.3 MILES EAST OF SKELETON MESA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kayenta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

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
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.4171, 36.8764

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CYLINDRICAL LOG LIKE MASSES
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHANNEL DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION AS OF 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, I.J., 1963, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MONUMENT VALLEY, APACHE AND NAVAJO COUNTIES, ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1103, P. 72-75, 150-151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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