Red Knob Mine

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095372
MRDS ID M030319
Record type Site
Current site name Red Knob Mine
Related records 10186808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.20078, 32.74175 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 5 MI NW OF WELLTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(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 Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 019W 10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Opal Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY AVERAGES 5-10 TIMES BACKGROUND, MAX 100 TIMES BACKGR OUND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 22
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.20078, 32.74175

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form HIGH GRADE POCKETS
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Muggins District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED & SOME URANIUM MINERALIZATION STOCKPILED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF AZ, UNIV OF AZ PRESS, P. 207

  • Deposit

    HONEA, 1959, AM MIN V. 44, P. 1047-1056

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030319 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 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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