Sunset Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Claims

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048213
MRDS ID M800295
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Claims
Related records 10137654

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.6013, 33.29341 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Located On Prospect Sumbol In South Central Part Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckeye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila-Painted Rock Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 003W 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BUCKEYE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.6013, 33.29341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Tank District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Herron, Jess Ledbetter, W. Mitchell, D. L. Turner, Hans Pedersen
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-157, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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