Kitten No. 1 Claim

The Kitten No. 1 Claim is a uranium mine located in Yavapai 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: Kitten No. 1 Claim  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 34.60944, -113.20083

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Kitten No. 1 Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kitten No. 1 Claim


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tungstona District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.


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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED


Structure

Type: L
Description: Dikes And Regional Joint Trend Is N 23 W, 85 Ne


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLES 0.094 AND 0.013 %


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY SHALLOW

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT


References

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 46 - 7


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