 | | Report (issue) | | 137 October 1951 URANIFEROUS QUARTZITE, RED BLUFF PROSPECT GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA By E. P. Kaiser UNITED.... General............................... Red Bluff prospect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...--Generalized geologic map of Sierra Ancha-Salt River region .....••.•.•...••••.• 3 3.- -Stratigraphic...cross-section showing major structures at Red Bluff prospect ..••• 6 Plate 1.- -Geologic map and section...section of central part of Red Bluff prospect ..••.. Inside back cover TABLES Table 1. --Analyses of samples |  | | Report (issue) | | IN ARIZONA By Robert J. Wright December 1950 Division of Raw Materials Exploration Branch Technical...County 3 , and in the examination of the Red Bluff prospect, Gila County. Reconnaissance geologic reports...information. 2. Wright, Robert J., Annie Laurie uranium prospect, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: A.E.C., New York...of Howard, St. David, Ariz. Gila County 3. Red Bluff claims Sec. 31 , T5N, R14_] EthelS.Larsen. Youa...H. Kane. Gen. Del. Kingman, Ari;. July 25 7. Red Hills claims Sec. 7, T11N, R13W E. W. Tate. ;leaden |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | northeast to Arizona on the southwest (Fig. 1). Most mining activity is con- Page Figure 12. Schematic diagram...Figure 28 30. Collapse feature yielding uranium, River View Uranium Mine, Cameron, Arizona 1105 31. Volcanic...between the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and Columbia University. The writer is indebted to more than...several universities, and the mineralogical group at Columbia University. This aid is gratefully acknowledged...appreciation is extended to: Dr. Daniel R. Miller, Division of Research, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission; Mr |  | | Report (volume) | | deposit, Belgian Congo Deposits at Great Bear Lake, Canada ... Explanation of annotated bibliography. Annotated...Congo, and from the Eldorado mine, Great Bear Lake, Canada. The Shinkolobwe deposit since its initial development...adjacent areas in Saxony; the Beaverlodge district, Canada; the Cornwall district, England; the Guarda and... the primary source of uranium: Michigan Coll. Mining and Technology, Conf. on Radioactive Ores, May... the primary source of uranium: Michigan Coll. Mining and Technology, Conf. on Radioactive Ores, May |  | | Report (issue) | | west face of upper cut, East Slope no. 2 uranium prospect, Piute County, Utah...... 23 Map showing location...minerals are not common; an example is the Red Bluff prospect in Arizona (Kaiser, 1951), where uranium... and copper minerals. At the Stalin's Present prospect, Pershing County, Nev., a narrow band of lime-silicate...no deposits such as those at Great Bear Lake in Canada, which, according to Bain (1950), are related to...Jurassic Todilto limestone at Grants, N. Mex. In the Red Desert area of Wyoming, schroeckingerite (Larsen |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits____________________________________________ Red Bluff area.___________________________________ Rainbow...deposit__..___.___________________________________ Red Bluff deposit..__________________________ Bull Canyon...section of the Red Bluff area. 46. Map and sections showing geology and mine workings, Red Bluff mine area...___ ' 60. Maps of mine workings A, B, and C, Red Bluff mine.___ v( 61. Composite map of the Sue mine____... 416 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF URANIUM Pyrite, marcasite, chaleopyrite, and, more rarely, galena |  | | Report (volume) | | Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...California State Division of Mines Special Reports _.......__ ________ Colorado Mining Association publications...Economic Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal _ , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta _ Bulletin...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...S. Geological Survey for the Division of Raw Materials and the Division of Research of the U.S. Atomic |  | | Report (issue) | | United States. The pre-1940 history of uranium mining and geology is concerned largely with veins in...are deposits in Europe, South Africa, northern Canada, South Australia, and, to a limited extent, the...uranium in northern Saskatchewan, Canada; near Blind River, Canada ; and in the Witwatersrand, South...comments on the history of uranium geology and mining. The other chapters deal principally with pertinent...postsedimentation slump- done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials, U.S. ing and release of stress |  | | Report (volume) | | possessions of the United States, the provinces of Canada, and well-known physiographic areas such as Appalachians...headings are Alabama, Alberta, Arctic America, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Nevada, North...North America, Ontario, United States. The headings Canada and United States are used to index papers covering...Washington. A. I. M. E. Trans.-American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Transactions. New York...-Arkansas Resources and Development Commission, Division of Geology Information Circular. Little Rock, |  | | Report (volume) | | Witwatersrand of South Africa and the Blind River area of Ontario, Canada, and from vein-type deposits as at Shinkolobwe...Great Bear Lake and Lake Athabaska in northern Canada. Sandstone-type deposits of uranium and other metals...report. This compilation was done on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...the Colorado Plateau is the center of the uranium mining industry in the United States, certain reports...Olancha, Calif. _ ._.........._.- ..-.. Rosamond prospect ......... ---------- ..... Taft-McKittrick area |  | | Report (volume) | | species: Link, T. A., A., 9. 13. British Columbia ores, zoning: Geology in Canada: Hume, G. S., Gunning, H....MissisJoralemon, I. B. Engineering geology, research: sippi River, Pleistocene history: Trowbridge, A. C.,1. Eckel...B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson, L. W., 1. prospect: McKinstry,...processes: Perry, ter, J. D., 3. T. G., 3. Mississippi River and Gulf Industrial minerals: Gillson, J. L , 5...G. P., 3. 1951: Moody, C. L., 2. Zoning in British Columbia ores: Gunning, H. C. , 5. Scientific side: |  | | Report (volume) | | Reconnaissance study of uranium deposits in the Red Desert, SweBtwater County, Wyoming, by Donald G....by the U. S. Geological Survey on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...veins (Bastin, 1939; Everhart and Wright, 1953); pyrite-galena-pitchblende veins (Everhart and Wright,...in metasedimentary and volcanic host rocks. The pyrite-ga ena-pitchblende veins may contain minor amounts...chiefly of pitchblende, galena, qua tz or jasper, and pyrite; felsic intrusives are generally the host ro< ;ks |  | | Report (issue) | | Basin area, includes volcanic rocks of the Alder and Red Rock Groups, several hypabyssal rhyolite and granophyre...Quartzite and intertonguing relation with the underlying Red Rock Rhyolite will be seen near Tonto Natural Bridge...Proterozoic diabase, and, second, to study the 1 aye red sequences of Early Proterozoic sedimentary and volcanic...and follows Arizona Highway 288 across ttie Salt River to the Sierra Ancha, where the Apache Group, the...by Payson Granite and which hosts a small gold-mining district. Stops in the central Maz<~tzal Mountains |  | | Report (issue) | | ________________ ____ History of mining and production.____ ___________________ . Mining regulations of the San...Carlos Indian Reservation._____ _. Present status of mining and prospecting-_______ _______________ Purpose...__________ ... Copper prospect (name unknown)_______________________ Prospect near Bucket Mountain (name...claims-__-_-----__-___----_-_____-_____-____.__ Seneca iron prospect.__________________________________ Uranium.__...Canyon subarea____________________________ Salt River-Cienega Canyon subarea.____________________ Bear |  | | Report (issue) | | Upper member_ ___ __________ _______ ____________ Red unit__________________________________ Gray unit...Uranium deposits ________ --------------------------Mining hlstory ________________________________ _ Production...79 79 80 82 83 83 84 86 86 86 86 87 88 88 88 Pyrite ___________ - ____ ----------------Marcasite _...development_____________________ Suggeotions for mining procedure_________________ References cited__ _...showing the results of drilling in and near adit 7, Red Bluff deposits. FIGURE 1. Index map of part of Gila |  | | Report (volume) | | County_____________________________________________ Hosteen Nez Mining Company deposits..-._________________ Orphan claim...Kane mine__________________________________________ Red Hills prospect___________ ______________________________...Annie Laurie prospect, Ruby district _ _ _ 12. Geologic sections, Annie Laurie prospect, Ruby district...The economic possibilities of the Annie Laurie prospect in Santa Cruz County could be evaluated by exploratory...in the text. Our work was done on behalf of the Division of Eaw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |  | | Report (volume) | | history, and present condition_________ __ .___ 44 Mining districts._____________ ______.____ ___ 45 Production...Black Mountains_____.._..___ 35 3. Map showing mining camps in a part of western Arizona___ 46 4. Diagram...Vivian mine_______ 32. Sketch map of Union Pass mining district____________ 33. Section across Black Mountains...prr-Oiunbririu. complex is ^eiiernlly tilmudaiit Mine r Prospect fi Shaft Well r Section comer Bml diiies...dispensed with and subsistence was obtained from the mining camps and prospectors. The general method of work |  | | Report (volume) | | ________________________ ~ ____________________ - __ Red unit ______________________________________________...____ ______ _______ ____ __ ___ __ ____ __ __ _ Red Bluff section_______________________ ______ __ __ ____...Spring Quartzite_______________ 6. Rock from the red unit, Coolidge Dam section________ 7. Channel deposit...Arkosic arenaceous siltstone from the buff unit at Red Bluff ___________________________ --------- _______·..._____ Shrinkage cracks in the gray facies at Red Bluff~----------___ Cross sections12. Of crumpled shrinkage |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/...QE375.5.A6M56 1995 549.979r-dc20 94-18765 ClP British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue...catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Reproduction of color photographs has...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Arizona Geological Survey provided information on mining camps and, with the permission of Larry Fellows |  | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and...Yale University; and Max H. Hey and Peter Embrey, British Museum (Natural History). Spencer R. Titley and | | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and...University; and Max H. Hey and Peter Embrey, British Museum (Natural History). Spencer R. Titley and | | | Book (edition) | | - , a,zy MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La...Williams), 1920-. 1995 549-9791—dc20 94-18765 CIP British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue...catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Reproduction of color photographs has...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Arizona Geological Survey provided information on mining camps and, with the permission of Larry Fellows |  | | Report (issue) | | Veins containing 4-valent uranium minerals and pyrite cut the metamorphic rock but not the quartz monzonite...with uranium minerals and with lesser amounts of pyrite, fluorite, and asphaltite (Hauptman, 1956; Armstrong...rocks of Triassic age (fig. 47). The gouge contains pyrite, schroeckingerite, and perhaps other uranium minerals...in sandstone (Argall, 1954). Uranium minerals, pyrite, and minor amounts of other minerals are in the...brecciated and bleached in mineralized area. Normal color red Fine- to medium-grained sandstone of the Permian |  | | Report (issue) | | was found at Greaterville in 1924. Pinal County-Canada del Oro placers. Santa Cruz County-Oro Blanco,...in rich ores of primary origin. COPPER Cu. Copper-red, commonly tarnished iridescent, green, or black.... Luster metallic. Opaque. Streak copper-red. H. = 2.5-3. Sectile, ductile, and malleable. Hackly fracture...probably Mohave County-In sm 11 . in t~e Wallapai Mining di:tric~~ounts as a secondary mineral County-Santa...Oxbow sand with magnetite. . , e an ommgo Creek, in red Yavapai County-Reported fi St . • . (15 miles west |  | | Book (edition) | | text and on the maps. The previous edition used mining districts as part of the locality description....1895 to 1910, he was a professor of geology and mining and the director of the School of Mines at the... Turquoise is widespread throughout the copper-mining areas in Arizona and has been used in jewelry for...for centuries. Large-scale open-pit copper mining brought an increase in the amount of available high-quality...throughout the world. A large industry developed mining petrified wood found outside the park and preparing |
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