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Alkali Water Gap Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092693
MRDS ID M899966
Record type Site
Current site name Alkali Water Gap Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.83958, 36.22141 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 1.9 MILES NW OF BITTER WATER SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lohali Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon De Chelly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Polacca Wash(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 33N;32N 23E;23E 35;09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ALKALI WATER GAP MINE HAS TWO LOCATIONS, AN EXTENTION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATLY 2.6 MILES SW OF LOCATION NO. 1. ESTIMATED UTM COORDINATES FOR THIS SECOND LOCATION ARE: UTM NORTHING: 4005770.0 & UTM EASTING: 601570.0; TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION ARE GIVEN UNDER NAME AND LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Metahewettite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.83958, 36.22141
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE MINED MAINLY BY OPEN PITS AND RIM CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIL SOCIETY 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK, P. 147-148.

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 182, P. 252-254.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS REPORT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE BLACK MESA MINING AREA. ALKALI WATER GAP PROSPECT. BEING ONE OF THE MANY MINES THAT COMPRESE THIS DISTRICT. (UTM COORDINATES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH MINE OR PROSPET) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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