El Conquistadors Claims

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026920
MRDS ID M001075
Record type Site
Current site name El Conquistadors Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.5082, 31.96901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 15 MILES NNE OF BABOQUIVARI PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kitt Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 008E 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE: 0.01 % EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.5082, 31.96901

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gnessic And Pegmatitic Structures Ne, 10-30se Dip

Ore body information

  • Strike N E
    Dip 20 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Papago District

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 - 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , JUNE 1970 , P. 48 .

  • Deposit

    NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. 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.