The Rattlesnake Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Apache 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: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.90083, -109.27111
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Rattlesnake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rattlesnake Mine
Secondary: Plot No. 6 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Apache
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1973
Time Period: -1973
Material type: ORE U-V
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.15% U3o8, 1.86% V2o5
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TABULAR LAYERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: On Ne Limb Of Toh Atin Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LIES IN A MAJOR MEANDER OF PALEOSTREAM CHANNEL IN SALT WASH
Comment (Reserve-Resource): COULD BE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN SURROUNDING AREA TO NORTH.
Comment (Commodity): ORE MATERIALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE CARRIZO MOUNTAINS AREA.
References
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 (Production): NMGS 24TH GUIDEBOOK, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1951, CARNOTITE DEPOSITS IN THE CARRIZO MTNS. AREA, U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR III, 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
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