Great Gain Prospect

The Great Gain Prospect is a uranium mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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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: Great Gain Prospect

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)

Primary Mineral: 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
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

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

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Alterations

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

Materials

Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: MINERAL CONTAINING ORES ALONG FRACTURES AND DISSEMINATED IN DRIPPING SPRINGS QUARTZITE AT BOTTOM OF MIDDLE MEMBER.. 30 FT ADIT, PITS AND DRILLING.
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: RADIOACTIVITY IN THE FAVORABLE STRATA IS BETWEEN 0.25 AND 1.0 MR PER HOUR.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: SCARBOROUGH, R.B., 1981 RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND URANIUM PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA: ABGMT REPORT FOR US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, P. 175.