Best Claim

The Best Claim is a uranium mine located in Graham 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: Best Claim  

State:  Arizona

County:  Graham

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 32.79028, -109.55833

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Best Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Best Claim


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Pinaleno Mountains Area


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE NW-TRENDING SHEARS IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE NEAR CONTACT WITH MIDDLE TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUTON.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS. DRILLED IN 1979.

Comment (Location): JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 266 AT THE ENTRANCE TO COVE CANYON


References

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1979


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