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
Elevation: 4,281 Feet (1,305 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.58194, -112.79139
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Hack's Mine MRDS details
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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