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Mitchell Mesa Prospects

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048215
MRDS ID M800298
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Mesa Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.11737, 36.96668 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES S OF ARIZ-UTAH STATE LINE., Utm Derived From Plotting Approx Lat-Long On Topographic Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitten Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kayenta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 041N}041N 020E}021E 13}18 NE (13); CENTER (18) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH CENTRAL PART OF MONUMENT AREA. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE: 0.59% EU AND 0.71%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Organ Rock Tongue Of Cutler Formation;Moenkopi Formation;Chinle Formation-Shinarump Member
    Rock description Organ Rock Tongue Of Cutler Formation;Moenkopi Formation;Chinle Formation-Shinarump Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.11737, 36.96668
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Crest Of Unnamed Anticline, Strata Are Horizontal

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL FILL
    Thickness 22.86M
    Width 106.68M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHINARUMP MEMBER IS ABOUT 50 FT THICK ON MESA AND IS COMPOSED OF COARSE-GRAINED SANDSTONES IN CHANNELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION AND AVERAGE GRADE LOW

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESOURCES ESTIMATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITKIND AND THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL 1103, P. 136-139.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1970, ABM BULL 182.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1970, P. 215

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 3 CHANNELS, STRIKE IS GIVEN FOR MAIN ONE.

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.

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