Mine detail: Sure Fire No. 1 Claim

Previously called 'Vanover Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.30261, -110.49761

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium, Copper
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist;Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Two Prominent Fractures Strike N85e And N60w, And Dip 80n And 75ne, Respectively
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M050616
DEP	10039665
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1147-A, P. 35-6.}{Deposit:: RME, P. 49 - 50 .}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 353.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, USBM RI 5651, P. 19-24.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Carbonaro, Marguerite M., Orris, Greta J.