The Anna Bernice Claims is a mine located in Navajo county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.04806, -110.33111
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Anna Bernice Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anna Bernice Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Navajo
District: Holbrook District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THREE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.025, 0.026, AND 0.043% U, AND A HIGH GRADE SPECIMEN CONTAINED 0.25% U.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): URANIUM OCCURS IN EXTREMELY MINUTE FRACTURES, INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE, WITHIN A LENSE OF JASPER.
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM WAS FORMED FROM DEVITRIFICATION OF VOLCANIC ASH AND REDEPOSITED IN THE JASPER LENS.
Comment (Workings): THE CLAIMS CONTAIN TWO SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Deposit): ANNA BERNICE CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., RECONNAISSANCE STORY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZ., U.S.G.S. BULL. 1147-A, P. A-23
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