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Willaha Group

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium, Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027345
MRDS ID M002914
Record type Site
Current site name Willaha Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25075, 35.76502 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 0.75 MILES EAST OF WILLAHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 028N 001E 34,35 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A FEW SMALL VEINS AND VUGS STAINED WITH IRON OXIDE OR COATED WITH HEMITITE CONTAIN URANIUM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVE READING OF 0.34 MR/HR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is Referred To As Kaibab Limestone
    Rock description Host Rock Is Referred To As Kaibab Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25075, 35.76502
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND VUGS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization May Be Contrlled By Fractures And Undulations

Comments on the geologic information

  • RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OCCURS IN 2 FT. ZONE IN, AND IMMEDIATELY UNDERLYING 6 INCHES OF MALACHITE MINERALIZATION IN KAIBAB LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Francis District

Comments on the production information

  • OLD COPPER WORKINGS DURING EARLY 1900'S. REFERANCE INDICATES LIMITED PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE UP TO 1954 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONTAINS SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMBOSEK AND WEATHERS, 1953 , PRELIMINARY RECONNAISANCE REPORT A - P - 41 ; USAEC RME 155 .

  • Deposit

    PUTTOCK, HARRY E., 1954 , EXAMINATION OF COPPER - URANIUM OCCURRENCES IN THE WILLAHA AREA, COCONINO CO., ARIZONA; USAEL RME - 2018 .

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, WESLEY H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA; ABM BULL. 182 , P. 250 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WILLAHA GROUP CONTAINS FIVE PROSPECT PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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