Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryLead, Silver
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Manganese, Tungsten
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
Ore controlIrregular Fractures Extending Out From Dike Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Pitchblende, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite, Uraninite, Wulfenite
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Garnet
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss
Associated rockBasalt
AlterationManganese Oxides Mixed With Pitchblende
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10039556
MRDS IDM050276
Alternate namesBlack Dike Group, Big Dike Apex & Ajax, Black Dike Deposit, Bobson Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.92845, -111.28208
References
GRANGER AND RAUP, 1962, RECONN. URANIUM IN ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 1147-A, P. 25-29.USBM IC 7990, P. 121.KRIEGER, M., 1973, FIELD EXAM.USAEC RMO 679.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 132 .USAECRME 159, P. 6-12.1950 RECON USAEC - WRIGHT - SUGGESTED OPENING SHAFT FOR U.1951 GEOCHEM GRANGER & ADAMS - USGS BULL. 1147 A