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Christmas Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026980
MRDS ID M001569
Record type Site
Current site name Christmas Claims
Related records 10186081

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.51124, 32.449 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NW OF REDINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buehman 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)

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 011S 018E 28 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE: 0.015 % EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.51124, 32.449
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VUGS

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC GLASS WITH SMALL VUGS OF URANIUM (?) BEARING CHALCEDONY AND CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Redington District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack Green
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 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. 30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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