Giger Claims

The Giger Claims is a uranium mine located in Gila county, Arizona.

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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: Giger Claims

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation:

Primary Mineral: Uranium

Lat, Long: 33.8025, -111.23361

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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
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Owner Name: Geo Toot, K. Cline, Sam Simmons

Owner Name: Fred Rich
Years: 1955 -

Production

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

Orebody

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures, Bedding Features

Alterations

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

Materials

Ore: Uranophane

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: NEAR PAYSON. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment Type: Commodity	Comment: RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.02-0.08 MR/HR, MAX 0.18-0.90 MR/HR: 2 METHODS
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: SOME SCRAPING WITH BULL DOZERS HAS BEEN DONE AS OF 1955.

References

Reference Category: Deposit

Reference: USAEC RME-156, 1970