| Deposit ID | 10095372 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030319 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Knob Mine |
| Related records | 10186808 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.20078, 32.74175 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 152 |
| Relative position | 5 MI NW OF WELLTON |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 019W | 10 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Result | RADIOACTIVITY AVERAGES 5-10 TIMES BACKGROUND, MAX 100 TIMES BACKGR OUND |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone |
| (1) | -114.20078, 32.74175 |
|---|
| General form | HIGH GRADE POCKETS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Muggins District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030319 |
ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF AZ, UNIV OF AZ PRESS, P. 207
HONEA, 1959, AM MIN V. 44, P. 1047-1056
KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192
WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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