The Glen Claims is a mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Glen Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glen Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Papago District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Ybarra And Glenn
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Much Alteration - Sericitization? Silicification.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4-FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.015% U, RADIOACTIVITY EQUIVALENT TO 0.035% U. FROM ROCK SAMPLE SOUTH LOT OPENCUT - 0.027% U, RADIOACTIVITY = 0.080% U.
Materials
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LACK OF EQUILIBRIUM IN SAMPLES INDICATES THAT ROCK IN OUTCROP HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY LEACHED AND WEATHERED & URANIUM IS PROBABLY MORE ABUNDANT IN FRESH ROCK BELOW.
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA ZONE WITH SILICIFIED CORE. RADIOACTIVE ZONE IS A FEW FEET WIDE AND MARKED BY RED, BROWN, AND WHITE STAINS, AND PYRITE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AGE UNKNOWN PROBABLY TERT. - CRET.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # M000211 BY W. GERE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE; ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER & RAUP, 1962, RECONN. URANIUM IN ARIZONA : USGS BULL. 1147-A. P.30.
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES; US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. RME-159 , P. 13 , 59 .
Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RMO-679.
Reference (Deposit): 1951 GEOCHEM GRANGER - USGS BULL. 114
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