Blevins Canyon deposit (Tom Russell Uranium group; Bevens Canyon Mining claims; Neptune Uranium), Board Tree Saddle area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 58' 24'' North , 110° 57' 20'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Young | 666 (2011) | 14.3km |
| Gisela | 570 (2011) | 33.1km |
| Tonto Basin | 1,424 (2011) | 35.0km |
| Christopher Creek | 156 (2011) | 38.4km |
| Tonto Village | 256 (2011) | 41.4km |
An U-Cu deposit/prospect with 16 filed claims located in the S½ sec. 6, T7N, R14E, about ½ mile W# of the Board Tree Saddle, on National Forest land. Located about 16 miles NNE of the Roosevelt Dam. Owned by the Bridger-Jack Mining Co.
Mineralization is a manto-shaped orebody in basal strata of the upper member at the bottom of a paleochannel cut in the top of the lower member. The channel is 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep. The richest ore at outcrop is in shaly lenses in the quartzite. Uranium minerals are disseminated in the shaly lenses, along bedding planes & more rarely on the surfaces of small, discontinuous fractures.Workings include an adit and several prospect pits.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Description: Common as stains on surface & fracture planes. |
| ⓘ Metatorbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Metatorbernite | 8.EB.10 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Metatorbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10209948 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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