The Best Claim is a uranium mine located in Graham county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Best Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Best Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Pinaleno Mountains Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE NW-TRENDING SHEARS IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE NEAR CONTACT WITH MIDDLE TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUTON.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS. DRILLED IN 1979.
Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 266 AT THE ENTRANCE TO COVE CANYON
References
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1979
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