The Great Gain Prospect is a uranium mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 33.88306, -111.02694
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Great Gain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Gain Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Sierra Ancha District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest
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
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Workings): MINERAL CONTAINING ORES ALONG FRACTURES AND DISSEMINATED IN DRIPPING SPRINGS QUARTZITE AT BOTTOM OF MIDDLE MEMBER.. 30 FT ADIT, PITS AND DRILLING.
Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVITY IN THE FAVORABLE STRATA IS BETWEEN 0.25 AND 1.0 MR PER HOUR.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-P, 475 .
Reference (Deposit): SCARBOROUGH, R.B., 1981 RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA: ABGMT REPORT FOR US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, P. 175.
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