Hack's Mine

The Hack's Mine is a uranium mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,281 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hack's Mine
Secondary: Hack's
Secondary: Hack's Canyon Uranium
Secondary: Hack's Canyon Uranium Mine
Secondary: 5 claims: Hack's, Hack's Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Hacks Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Simpson et al
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PIPE-LIKE COLLAPSE STRUCTURE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rock Bleached And Silicified

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 9 SAMPLES 0.004 TO 0.280 %

Materials

Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Bieberite
Ore: Zippeite
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Chalcocite
Gangue: Malachite
Unknown: Erythrite

Comments

Comment (Production): 1329 TONS O.18 % U IN 1950, 1952-1954, 1964

Comment (Deposit): URANINITE MIXED WITH CHALCOCITE IS DEPOSITED IN THE BRECCIA ZONE AND IN SOME COARSE-GRAINED SANDSTONE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 500 TONS OF ROCK ON DUMP, MEASURED BY PORTABLE FIELD METER TO HAVE AN ESTIMATED EQUIVALENT OF 0.1% U.

References

Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA 1952 - 1956,1970: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-158, P. 152.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S.G.S. BULL. 1147-A.

Reference (Deposit): SCARBOROUGH, 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA: ABGMT REPORT, MARCH, 1981, P. 208.

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., and Raup, R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1147-A.
Pages: p. A18.

Reference (Location): USGS HEATON KNOLLS TOPO

Reference (Deposit): ADMR HACK'S CANYON URANIUM MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): USAEC 172-485 MOHAVE CTY RECON REPORT, P. 43.
Pages: p. 43.

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