Sure Fire No. 1 Claim

The Sure Fire No. 1 Claim is a copper and uranium mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sure Fire No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Vanover Property

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Redington District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Coronado National Forest

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: IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Two Prominent Fractures Strike N85e And N60w, And Dip 80n And 75ne, Respectively

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ASSAY 0.002 TO 0.008 %

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): FOUR SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS, ONE SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR IN VEINLETS AND BRECCIA FILLINGS IN SCHIST AND GNEISSIC GRANITE. RADIOACTIVITY IS PRESENT IN FLOAT, CRUSHED ZONES, FRACTURE SURFACES. RADIOACTIVE ZONES ARE WEAK AND DISCONTINUOUS. THE ZONES HAVE BEEN INTENSELY LEACHED AND THEIR URANIUM CONTENT SHOULD INCREASE DOWNWARD FOR AT LEAST A FEW FEET. VEINLETS OF FLUORITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ, UROPHANE, AND AUTUNITE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M000743 BY W. GERE WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1147-A, P. 35-6.

Reference (Deposit): RME, P. 49 - 50 .

Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 353.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, USBM RI 5651, P. 19-24.

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