E. Lee No. 1 Claim

The E. Lee No. 1 Claim is a uranium mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: E. Lee No. 1 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Coconino

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENS/PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: All Ore Bodies In The Area Are Surrounded By Light Brown To Yellowish Brown Alteration Halos Which Cut Across The Normal Purple And Gray Beds Of Host Rock Types. These Halos Are Characterized By A High Content Of Jarosite And Hydrous Iron Oxides, Seriticization Of Feldspar, And An Increase In Trace Amounts Of Molybdenum Near The Ore.

Rocks

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Zippeite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Kaolin

Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS.

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR BRANCHING MINERALIZED LENSES ORIENTED MAILING TO NORTHEAST, IN BRAIDED SCOUR AND FILL CHANNEL AND MODIFIED BY FRACTURING AND PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF HOST ROCK TYPE.

Comment (Workings): MOSTLY OPEN PIT, WITH RANGES OF 10 FT. TO 125 FT. STRIPPING MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 140 FT. (VERY FEW ADITS, SHAFTS OR UNDERGROUND ROOMS)

Comment (Geology): MONTMORILLONITE CLAY DERIVED FROM VOLCANIC ASH.

References

Reference (Production): NWGS 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK, ABM BULL. 182, P. 228.

Reference (Deposit): HINKLEY, D.N., 1955, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CAMERON AREA, COCONINO CO., ARIZ.: USAEC - RME - 81.

Reference (Deposit): BOLLIN, E.M., AND KERR, P.F., 1958, URANIUM MINERALIZATION NEAR CAMERON, ARIZ.: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY, 9TH FIELD CONFERENCE.

Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., MALAN, R.C., 1973, THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY, 24TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139.

Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN, Y.W., AND EVENSEN, C.G., 1956, GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SHINARUMP AND CHINLE FORMATIONS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 300, P. 263.

Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, GRAND JUNCTIONS OPERATIONS OFFICE, OCT. 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UNITED STATES.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUMIN ARIZ.: ABM BULL. 182, P. 118, 214 - 234.

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