The Morale Claim is a uranium mine located in Navajo county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.47194, -110.04111
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Morale Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morale Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Navajo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1954-1959
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.15% U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): IN REFERENCE TO "MAIN ORE MINERALS"; THE IDENTITY OF THE URANIUM MINERAL IS NOT APPARENT EITHER MEGASCOPICALLY OR PETROGRAPHICALLY.
Comment (Workings): THE ORE WAS MINED FROM A RIM CUT AND A SHORT ADIT ON THE SOUTHEAST RIM OF THE DIATREME.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHOEMAKER, E.M., ROACH, C.H., BYERS, JR., F.M., 1962, DIATREMES AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE HOPI BUTTES, ARIZONA, PETROLOGIC STUDIES: A VOLUME IN HONOR OF A.F. BUDDINGTON, P. 348-352.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY, 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK, P. 147-148.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): N.M.G.S. 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK P. 148
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