Anna Bernice claims, Joseph City, Navajo County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Anna Bernice claims | Group of Claims |
| Joseph City | City |
| Navajo County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 56' 40'' North , 110° 20' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph City | 1,386 (2011) | 1.5km |
| Holbrook | 5,019 (2017) | 17.6km |
| Sun Valley | 316 (2011) | 26.3km |
| Woodruff | 191 (2011) | 32.8km |
| Winslow | 9,600 (2017) | 33.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
43098
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:43098:5
GUID (UUID V4):
d9dc3513-5c69-4133-9321-00b5699ae0dd
An U occurrence/group of 5 claims (Nos. 1 through 5) located in the E½ sec. 20, T18N, R19E, G&SRM, 1.6 km (1.0 mile) SW of Joseph City, on private land. The owners in 1951 were D.O. Roller of Wickenburg and L.W. Kowalski of Phoenix. Additional location is in sec. 5.
Mineralization is a thin lenses of jasper enclosed in flat-lying Late Triassic bentonite shale in the Chinle Formation. The lens is about 6 inches (0.15 meter) thick and at least 150 feet (45.72 meters) in diameter. Host rock also reported as containing the Leatherwood quartz diorite - major mineralizer of skarns. The U occurs in extremely minute fractures, invisible to the naked eye, within a lens of jasper and was former from devitrification of volcanic ash and redepositied in the jasper lens. Local rocks include Holocene surficial deposits.
Workings include 2 shallow prospect pits.
Analytical data results: Three representative samples contained 0.025, 0.026, and 0.043% U, and a high grade specimen contained 0.25% U. 5 samples: 0.003-0.25% e U3O8; 0.001-0.25% U3O8
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| ⓘ 'Jasper' Colour: Dark brown Description: Slightly radioactive. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Colour: Dark brown Description: Slightly radioactive. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Jasper' | - | |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10283366 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Baca BasinBasin
- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Holbrook BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona
- Navajo County
- Holbrook Mining DistrictMining District
- Navajo County
- Colorado PlateauPlateau
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