The Red Knob Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 499 feet.
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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
Elevation: 499 Feet (152 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 32.74167, -114.20000
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Red Knob Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Knob Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Muggins District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: HIGH GRADE POCKETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 22.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY AVERAGES 5-10 TIMES BACKGROUND, MAX 100 TIMES BACKGR OUND
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTED & SOME URANIUM MINERALIZATION STOCKPILED
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030319 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF AZ, UNIV OF AZ PRESS, P. 207
Reference (Deposit): HONEA, 1959, AM MIN V. 44, P. 1047-1056
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134
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