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Workman Claims

Past Producer in Gila 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027326
MRDS ID M002876
Record type Site
Current site name Workman Claims
Related records 10136822

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95737, 33.8459 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aztec Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 014E 19 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF WORKMAN CREEK, 400 FT ABOVE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Spring Quartzite-Upper Member;
    Rock description Dripping Spring Quartzite-Upper Member;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95737, 33.8459
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Fractures Striking N60-80w, Nne Fractures Less Common

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip 05NE
    Length 18.29M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mobilized Hornfels Near Diabase Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer C. Nichols And Others

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Continental Uranium Inc.
    First year 1955

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material U
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.1% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Material U
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.15% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 200 TONS SHIPPED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW-GRADE MINERALIZATION REMAINS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCHES, 3 ADITS

Comments on development

  • 16 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER & RAUP, 1959, USGS BULL 1046-P.

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, 1957, USAEC RME-2071, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER & RAUP, 1969, USGS PROF PAPER 595.

  • Production

    USAEC PUB RME-2071; KEITH, 1970.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KEITH, 1970, P. 277

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002876 WITH RECORD M030440 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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