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Hack's Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Cobalt, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027310
MRDS ID M002817
MAS/MILS ID 40151222
Record type Site
Current site name Hack's Mine
Alternate or previous names Hack's, Hack's Canyon Uranium, Hack's Canyon Uranium Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.79139, 36.58194 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position HACK CANYON, ABOUT 37 MILES BY ROAD SW OF FREDONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 037N 005W 26 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bieberite Ore
Brochantite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Torbernite Ore
Zippeite Ore
Chalcocite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Erythrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Rock Bleached And Silicified

Analytical data

Result 9 SAMPLES 0.004 TO 0.280 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Coconino Sandstone;Hermit Shale
    Rock description Coconino Sandstone;Hermit Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Permian sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE COLLAPSE STRUCTURE
    Strike NE
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Occurs Just Below The Contact Between Coconino Ss And Hermit Shale, In Elongate Zones Of Breccia And Silicified Sandstone. Higher Percentages Of U Occur In The Breccia Zones, Along Se Side Of The Collapse Structure.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hacks Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Simpson et al
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • 1329 TONS O.18 % U IN 1950, 1952-1954, 1964

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 500 TONS OF ROCK ON DUMP, MEASURED BY PORTABLE FIELD METER TO HAVE AN ESTIMATED EQUIVALENT OF 0.1% U.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 13.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., and Raup, R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1147-A.

  • Location

    USGS HEATON KNOLLS TOPO

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA 1952 - 1956,1970: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-158, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    SCARBOROUGH, 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA: ABGMT REPORT, MARCH, 1981, P. 208.

  • Deposit

    ADMR HACK'S CANYON URANIUM MINE FILE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Deposit

    USAEC 172-485 MOHAVE CTY RECON REPORT, P. 43.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 1147-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANINITE MIXED WITH CHALCOCITE IS DEPOSITED IN THE BRECCIA ZONE AND IN SOME COARSE-GRAINED SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1979-01-01 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1995-05-01 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-10-28 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10113546
Reporter 1983-11-04 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines 0040151222 = 10113546

Beyond USGS

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

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