Van Hill No. 7 and 8

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026879
MRDS ID M000745
Record type Site
Current site name Van Hill No. 7 and 8
Related records 10161736

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.46428, 32.29456 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES E. OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soza Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 13S 18E 24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.46428, 32.29456

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE RADIOACTIVE ZONE FOLLOWS A PETROLIFEROUS LIMESTONE BED 2 FT. THICK AND AFFECTS THE OVERLYING LIMESTONE AND THE UNDERLYING SHALY LIMESTONE. NO URANIUM MINERALS RECOGNIZED. PETROLIFEROUS MATERIAL MOST RADIOACTIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD, 2 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. 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.