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Sandy No. 1, 2, and 3 Claims

Occurrence in Coconino 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027333
MRDS ID M002885
Record type Site
Current site name Sandy No. 1, 2, and 3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60602, 36.87583 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEES FERRY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ferry Swale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Paria(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 040N 007E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Metahewettite Ore

Analytical data

Result CALCIUM STAINED FLOAT INDICATED 0.20 % U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Shinarump Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Shinarump Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60602, 36.87583
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FRAGMENTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Is Located Along The Contact At The Base Of The Host Rock And The Unit Below Called The Moenkopi Formation (Limy Sandstone, Shaly Siltstone And Mudstone) And In An Intraformational Sandy Band About 10 Ft. From The Base Of The Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermillion Cliffs District

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARRETT, D.C., AND COLLINS, C., 1953, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT: USAEL, RME 155.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ABM BULL. 182, P. 218.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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