Arrowhead Claim

The Arrowhead Claim is a uranium and thorium mine located in Maricopa 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: Arrowhead Claim

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium, Thorium

Lat, Long: 33.29333, -112.60472

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Arrowhead Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Arrowhead Claim
Secondary: Faith-In-You Group
Secondary: Rusty Point Claims
Secondary: Sunset
Secondary: Chickisow


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)


Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Gila Bend And Salt River Mountains 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

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Ownership

Not available


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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Columbite
Ore: Ilmenite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.010-0.014 MR/HR, MAX 0.8 MR/HR.

Comment (Workings): NEWLY STAKED (1955), NO WORKINGS

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


References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

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


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