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Vermilion No.1 Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10027289
MRDS ID M002733
Record type Site
Current site name Vermilion No.1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87853, 36.68611 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position ON EMMETT HILL 0.7 MI S OF US HWY 89

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emmett Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glen Canyon Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Marble Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 038N 005E 20 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87853, 36.68611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Shinarump And Underlying Moenkopi At Or Near Cont Act.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermillion Cliffs District

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF LOW GRADE MINERALIZATION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES OF LOW GRADE VERY LIMITED

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1957, USGS TEI-690, BOOK 1, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1959, ECON. GEOL. V.54, P. 254-257.

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1970, P. 219

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002734 WITH RE CORD M030424 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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