Flat Tire Group

The Flat Tire Group is a uranium mine located in Graham county, Arizona.

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

Name: Flat Tire Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Graham

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 32.715, -109.46833

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Flat Tire Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Flat Tire Group


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Gila River Area


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Haralson, Jr., A. H.
Years: 1955 -


Production

Year: 1950
Time Period: 1950-
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.02% U308, .03% U2o5


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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Lake Sediments
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Carnotite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS COATING FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES IN CLAY, TUFF, AND OPALITE BEDS.

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT

Comment (Location): NEAR SOLOMONVILLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.015 MR/HR, MAX 0.43 MR/HR 1.38% U308


References

Reference (Deposit): USAEC RME-157, 1970.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PIERCE, H.W., KEITH, S.B., AND WILT, J.C., 1970, ABM BULL. 182, P. 103-146.


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