Mine detail: Red Bluff Prospect

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Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.72979, -110.95209
dep_id: 10027322
mrds_id: M002870
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: The Dike Occupies A Reverse Fault That Dips Steeply West
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)
hrock_unit: Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Diabase
References:
  • Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-P, P. 45.
  • Deposit:: KAISER, E.P., 1951, URANIFEROUS QUARTZITE, RED BLUFF PROSPECT GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR, 137, P. 10.
  • Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, R.J., 1957, URANIUM OCCURRENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 45.
  • Deposit:: SCARBOROUGH, R.B., 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCE ANDURANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT REPORT FOR US DEPT. OF ENERGY, P. 184.
  • Production:: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071 , P. 45
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