Mine detail: Lucky Stop Mine

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Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.83757, -110.95903
dep_id: 10027328
mrds_id: M002878
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Uraninite
gangue: Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartzite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: The Richest Primary Ore Was Found In And Near Recrystallized Hornfels
Reporter: Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)
hrock_unit: Dripping Springs Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Diabase
References:
  • Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-P, P. 468.
  • Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, R.J., 1957, URANIUM OCCURENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 42 .
  • Production:: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 42.
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