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Fairview Mine (Fairview deposit), Greenback Peak area, Sierra Ancha Mining District, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Fairview Mine (Fairview deposit)Mine
Greenback Peak areaArea
Sierra Ancha Mining DistrictMining District
Sierra Ancha MountainsMountain Range
Gila CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 52' 49'' North , 111° 4' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.88028,-111.07583
GeoHash:
G#: 9w108rtnc
GRN:
N23W66
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tonto Basin1,424 (2011)20.9km
Young666 (2011)26.7km
Gisela570 (2011)31.0km
Oxbow Estates217 (2011)41.6km
Star Valley2,277 (2017)44.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
47683
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:47683:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A uranium deposit/occurrence located on 16 claims in sec. 12, T6N, R12E, about ¾ mile SW of Greenback Peak, about 15 miles NNE of the Roosevelt, on National Forest land. Owned by E.C. Conway & others, Tonto Basin, AZ.

Mineralization is 0.46 meters thick. Host rock is weathered & bleached flaggy siltstone about 65 feet above the base of the upper member. Strata strike about N65W & dip 5SW. Strong vertical joints that strike N60-65E seemingly have no relationship to the radioactivity. Radioactivity: 0.5 to 5.0 mr/hr. An associated rock unit is diabase.

Workings include an open cut, small pit and a bulldozed area. No production record.

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘMetatorbernite8.EB.10Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘUranophane9.AK.15Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Hⓘ UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Oⓘ UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O
CuCopper
Cuⓘ MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
UUranium
Uⓘ MetatorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Uⓘ UranophaneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2 · 5H2O

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Link to USGS MRDS:10027096

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References

USGS Armer Mountain Quadrangle map.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10027096, MRDS ID #M002000; and Dep. ID #10113076, MAS ID #0040070319.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report 172-480 (1955), Gila County Preliminary Reconnaissance Reports, file A-P-336: 116.
Granger, H.C. & R.B. Raup (1959), Uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring Quartzite, Gila County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 1046-P: 417, 474.
Granger, H.C. & R.B. Raup (1969), Geology of uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring quartzite, Gila County, Arizona, USGS PP 595.
Schwartz, R.J. (1978) Uranium Occurrences of Gila County, Arizona: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, October 1957, Publication RME-2071.
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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