The Oak Springs Gravel Cap Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Apache county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 36.755, -109.05083
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Oak Springs Gravel Cap Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oak Springs Gravel Cap Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Apache
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TABULAR LAYERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAY BE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED RESOURCES
Comment (Production): OAK SPRINGS GRAVEL CAP HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WITH GRADE RANGING FROM 0.1 TO 0.3% U3O8 AND 2.1 TO 3.2% V2O5
Comment (Commodity): CALCITE PARTLY CEMENTS MOST OF THE SANDSTONE HOST ROCK, ORE HAS HIGH LIME CONTENT
References
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1951, CARNOTITE DEPOSITS IN THE CARRIZO MTNS. AREA, U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR M, 5 P.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1955, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NW CARRIZO AREA, FOUR CORNERS FIELD COVE, NO. 1.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 145.
Reference (Deposit): PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): N.M.G.S. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182
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