Glen Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039557
MRDS ID M050277
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Claims
Related records 10259545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.27319, 31.92595 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 28 MILES SSW OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 11E 30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LACK OF EQUILIBRIUM IN SAMPLES INDICATES THAT ROCK IN OUTCROP HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY LEACHED AND WEATHERED & URANIUM IS PROBABLY MORE ABUNDANT IN FRESH ROCK BELOW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Ore
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Much Alteration - Sericitization? Silicification.

Analytical data

Result 4-FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.015% U, RADIOACTIVITY EQUIVALENT TO 0.035% U. FROM ROCK SAMPLE SOUTH LOT OPENCUT - 0.027% U, RADIOACTIVITY = 0.080% U.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.27319, 31.92595

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hanging Wall Of Breccia Zone Contact With Granite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AGE UNKNOWN PROBABLY TERT. - CRET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Papago District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ybarra And Glenn

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4500HA
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 1.52M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER & RAUP, 1962, RECONN. URANIUM IN ARIZONA : USGS BULL. 1147-A. P.30.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES; US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. RME-159 , P. 13 , 59 .

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RMO-679.

  • Deposit

    1951 GEOCHEM GRANGER - USGS BULL. 114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONE WITH SILICIFIED CORE. RADIOACTIVE ZONE IS A FEW FEET WIDE AND MARKED BY RED, BROWN, AND WHITE STAINS, AND PYRITE.
Deposit RECORD # M000211 BY W. GERE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE; ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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