El Conquistadors Claims

The El Conquistadors Claims is a uranium mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,750 feet.

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: El Conquistadors Claims  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 31.96889, -111.50750

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El Conquistadors Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: El Conquistadors Claims


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Papago 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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Gnessic And Pegmatitic Structures Ne, 10-30se Dip


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE: 0.01 % EU3O8


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECT PIT.

Comment (Deposit): FOUR CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 - 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , JUNE 1970 , P. 48 .


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