Jack Daniels No. 1

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027647
MRDS ID M003671
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Daniels No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4099, 35.90308 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMERON AIRPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cameron North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cameron(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moenkopi Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 029N 009E 11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Zippeite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) All Ore Bodies In The Area Are Surrounded By Light Brown To Yellowish Brown Alteration Halos Which Cut Across The Normal Purple And Gray Beds Of Host Rock Types. These Halos Are Characterized By A High Content Of Jarosite And Hydrous Iron Oxides, Seriticization Of Feldspar, And An Increase In Trace Amounts Of Molybdenum Near The Ore.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.4099, 35.90308

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/PODS
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 68.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Fills Intraformational Channels And Scours Within Upper 30 Ft. Of Shinarump And Lower 60 Ft. Of Petrified Forest Members Of The Triassic Chinle Formation. Ore Tends To Occur In Depressions Along Channels, And Changes In Channel Direction, Favoring More Carbinaceous Layers

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY OPEN PIT, WITH RANGES OF 10 FT. TO 125 FT. STRIPPING MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 140 FT. (VERY FEW ADITS, SHAFTS OR UNDERGROUND ROOMS). JACK DANIELS NO. 1 IS LARGEST OPEN PIT OPERATION IN AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W. H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUMIN ARIZ.; ABM BULL. 182 , P. 118 , 214 - 234 .

  • Deposit

    HINKLEY, D. N., 1955 , RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CAMERON AREA, COCONINO CO.; ARIZ.; USAEC - RME - 81 .

  • Deposit

    BOLLIN, E. M., KERR, P. F., 1958 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION NEAR CAMERON, ARIZ.; NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY, 9TH FIELD CONFERENCE.

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W. L., MALAN, R. C., 1973 , THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTH EASTERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY, 24TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139 .

  • Deposit

    5) ISACHSEN, Y. W., EVENSEN, C. G., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SHINARUMP AND CHINLE FORMATIONS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 300 , P. 263 .

  • Deposit

    6) US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, GRAND JUNCTIONS OPERATIONS OFFICE, OCT. 1959 , GUIDEBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UNITED STATES.

  • Production

    NMGS 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK; ABM BULL. 182 P. 220

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARBONIZED FOSSIL LOGS CONTAINING URANINITE COMMON BUT MOST MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF DISSEMINATED URANINITE IN SANDSTONE (HOST ROCK)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 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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