The Black Butte Uranium Corp is a uranium mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Black Butte Uranium Corp MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Butte Uranium Corp
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Big Horn District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Black Butte Uranium Corp
Years: 1955 -
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range Structures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gypsum
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR AGUILA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.005 MR/HR, MAX 0.013 MR/HR
Comment (Deposit): ATTITUDES ARE FOR LAKE BED SEDIMENTS
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS, OCCURRENCE ONLY
Comment (Geology): URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS SECONDARY
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): USAEC RME-157, 1970
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