The Golden Duck 1-8 Claims is a uranium and copper mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Golden Duck 1-8 Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Duck 1-8 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Red Picacho District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clyde Painter, Alden Jones
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Shears
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR MORRISTOWN.
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS, 3 ADITS, 1 SHALLOW TRENCH.
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.017 MR/HR, MAX 1.0 MR/HR
References
Reference (Deposit): USAEC RME-157, 1970
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