Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryCopper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlThe Dike Occupies A Reverse Fault That Dips Steeply West
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member
Associated rockDiabase
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10027322
MRDS IDM002870
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.72979, -110.95209
References
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.KAISER, E.P., 1951, URANIFEROUS QUARTZITE, RED BLUFF PROSPECT GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR, 137, P. 10.SCHWARTZ, R.J., 1957, URANIUM OCCURRENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 45.SCARBOROUGH, R.B., 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCE ANDURANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT REPORT FOR US DEPT. OF ENERGY, P. 184.US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071 , P. 45