Uranium Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094705
MRDS ID D011811
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Hill Prospect
Related records 10209967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.51454, 32.17929 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014S 028E 32 NW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CORE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.3 AND 1.09% U3O8

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.51454, 32.17929

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Teviston District

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS AND DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1978-1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVE QUARTZ-FLUORITE VEINS IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) 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.