The Tom Klee Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Apache county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,919 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: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.46083, -109.91056
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Tom Klee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Klee 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
Not available
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: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Clay
Ore: Metahewettite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS REPORT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE BLACK MESA MINING AREA. TOM KLEE MINE BEING ONE OF THE MANY MINES THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. (UTM COORDINATES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH MINE OR PROSPET) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): ORE MINED MAINLY BY OPEN PITS AND RIM CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK, P. 147-148.
Reference (Deposit): PIERCE, W.H., 1970 COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN NO. 182, P. 252-254.
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