The Giger Claims is a uranium mine located in Gila county, Arizona.
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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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Giger Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Giger Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Spring Creek 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: Tonto National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Geo Toot, K. Cline, Sam Simmons
Owner Name: Fred Rich
Years: 1955 -
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Bedding Features
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR PAYSON. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02-0.08 MR/HR, MAX 0.18-0.90 MR/HR: 2 METHODS
Comment (Workings): SOME SCRAPING WITH BULL DOZERS HAS BEEN DONE AS OF 1955.
References
Reference (Deposit): USAEC RME-156, 1970
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