Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlAt The Surface, Ore Appears To Be Low Grade Rim Concentrations Of Secondary Uranium Minerals Along The Outcrop Of Favorable Strata. Underground The Ore Is Coincident With Obscure, Discontinuous Or En Echelon Fractures Trending North-Northeasterly
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Dripping Springs Quartzite-Upper Member
Associated rockDiabase
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10027474
MRDS IDM003165
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.7584, -110.86098
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. 459.SCARBOROUGH, R.B., 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT REPORT FOR US DEPT OF ENERGY, P. 187.US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071 , P. 50 .