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Red Hils Claims

Occurrence in Pima 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039666
MRDS ID M050617
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hils Claims
Related records 10186171

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63846, 32.06679 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN COLOSSAL CAVE PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vail(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16S 17E 05,06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result % CU3O8 RANGES FROM 0.080 TO 0.381

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63846, 32.06679
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rincon District

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC, 1970, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES,ARIZONA:US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. RME-159,P.38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. 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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