The El Pequito Mine is a uranium mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,461 feet.
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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: 3,461 Feet (1,055 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.86639, -111.63722
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El Pequito Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Pequito Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Vermillion Cliffs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: MINERALIZED CHANNEL IS A SMALL SPOON-SHAPED OFFSHOOT FROM A MUCH DEEPER AND MORE PRONOUNCE CHANNEL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: A Bleached Zone Up To 3 Or 4 Feet Thick Occurs Beneath Host Rock
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): URANINITE WITH PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS IN CALCITE VEINLETS AND OXIDIZED URANIUM AND COPPER MINERALS COAT PEBBLES AND SAND GRAINS AS WELL AS IMPREGNATING CARBONIZED WOOD.
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION REPORTED BUT RESOURCES LIMITED AND LOW GRADE.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION WAS DONE BY OPENCUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, DAVID A., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE LEES FERRY AREA, USGS BULL. 1137 , P. 58 - 60 .
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, WESLEY H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ABM BULL. 182 , P. 119 & 217 .
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