Easy Claims 1-12

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Iron
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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092683
MRDS ID M800281
Record type Site
Current site name Easy Claims 1-12
Related records 10282666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.98153, 33.91646 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON WESTERN FLANK OF MCFADDEN PEAK AT HEADWATER OF LITTLE TURKEY CREEK., Placed In Head Of Turkey Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McFadden Peak(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 007N 013E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR YOUNG AND GLOBE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.04 MR/HR, MAX 0.5 MR/HR

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Beds Partially Feldspathized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite;Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member
    Rock description Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite;Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.98153, 33.91646

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DIABASE FOUND IN VICINITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Bonnet Uranium Corp
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Williams, A. D. And Carter, John
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS AS OF 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-156, 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.