The Workman Claims is a uranium mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 33.84583, -110.95667
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Workman Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Workman Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Sierra Ancha District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona Continental Uranium Inc.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Year: 1956
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.1% U3o8
Year: 1956
Material type: U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.15% U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vertical Fractures Striking N60-80w, Nne Fractures Less Common
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Development): 16 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002876 WITH RECORD M030440 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLY SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW-GRADE MINERALIZATION REMAINS.
Comment (Production): LESS THAN 200 TONS SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): BENCHES, 3 ADITS
Comment (Location): N SIDE OF WORKMAN CREEK, 400 FT ABOVE CREEK.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): KEITH, 1970, P. 277
Reference (Production): USAEC PUB RME-2071; KEITH, 1970.
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER & RAUP, 1969, USGS PROF PAPER 595.
Reference (Deposit): SCHWARTZ, 1957, USAEC RME-2071, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER & RAUP, 1959, USGS BULL 1046-P.
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