The Uranium Hill Prospect is a uranium mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Uranium Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uranium Hill Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Teviston District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CORE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.3 AND 1.09% U3O8
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE QUARTZ-FLUORITE VEINS IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS AND DIAMOND DRILL HOLES
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1978-1979.
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