Mine detail: Red Bluff Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.72979, -110.95209

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member
Host type:Quartzite
Associated type:Diabase

References

MRDSM002870
DEP10027322
Reference{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}
ReporterGere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)