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Shepp No. 2 Mine

Occurrence in Gila 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027442
MRDS ID M003097
Record type Site
Current site name Shepp No. 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86098, 33.99229 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock House(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 008N}008N 014E}015E 36}31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY 0.1 TO NEARLY 5.0 MR PER HOUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Springs Quartzite
    Rock description Dripping Springs Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86098, 33.99229
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Ancha District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.005HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF FOUR ADITS THAT TOTAL ABOUT 610 FEET OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL USRVEY BULLETIN 1046 - P, P. 479.

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, R.J., URANIUM OCCURENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    SCARBOROUGH, R.B., 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT REPORT FOR US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, P. 186.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (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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