Dutchess Claim

Occurrence in Pima 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095789
MRDS ID M800307
Record type Site
Current site name Dutchess Claim
Related records 10283807

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.03736, 32.12512 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Located At Southern Edge Of Quad, May Actually Be In San Xavier Mission Quad

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 013E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02 MR/HR, MAX 0.6 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.03736, 32.12512

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sedimentary Beds Form Slight Syncline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ward And Richard Kinnan
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY PITS ONLY IN 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-159, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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.