Mine detail: Shepp No. 2 Mine

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Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.99229, -110.86098
dep_id: 10027442
mrds_id: M003097
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
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., AND RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL USRVEY BULLETIN 1046 - P, P. 479.
  • Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, R.J., URANIUM OCCURENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 45.
  • Deposit:: SCARBOROUGH, R.B., 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT REPORT FOR US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, P. 186.
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