The B. Maher Claim No. 2 is a copper and uranium mine located in Navajo county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.81056, -110.15694
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B. Maher Claim No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B. Maher Claim No. 2
Secondary: Cold Mesa Anomally
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Navajo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposit Is Located On South Flank Of Agathla Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY MEASURED BY SCINTILLOMETER IS 10 TIMES BACKGROUND.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION AS OF 1953
Comment (Geology): CHANNEL DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WITKIND, I.J., 1963, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MONUMENT VALLEY APACHE AND NAVAJO COUNTIES, ARIZONA, USGS BULLETIN 1103, P. 72-75, 142-144
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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