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Golondrina Prospect

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Lead
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026891
MRDS ID M000804
Record type Site
Current site name Golondrina Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.74622, 32.4815 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3 TO 4 MILES N OF GRAHAM-COCHISE COUNTY LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monk Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 025E 12,13 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IS MOSTLY LOW GRADE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore

Analytical data

Result USBM SAMPLE: 0.26% U3O8, 0.221% U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CAVITIES, FRACTURE FILLINGS
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is Localized By A 2 Foot Agglomerate Layer, Between Volcanic Flows.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golondrina District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFT, AND 2 OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1147-A, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN GRAHAM, GRANT, GREENLEE, AND MARICOPA COUNTIES, ARIZONA 1950 TO 1957, 1970, US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME 151, P. 5, 27.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., KEITH, S.B., AND WILT, J.C., 1970, ABM BULL. 182, P. 103-146.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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