Uraniferous quartzite, Red Bluff prospect, Gila County, Arizona

Kaiser, Edward Peck

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“…The lower member is thickest in the southern part of the Sierra Ancha and at Eoosevelt Dam, where it is 370 feet thick. It is missing in some places north and northwest of Young, Ariz.4 Kaiser (1951) described a white quartzite member and Gastil* defined the Lower Dripping Springs formation; these correspond to the lower member as described.…”

Section: Lower Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It ordinarily consists of relatively pure white mediumto coarse-grained cross-stratified orthoquartzite. In many places it forms a prominent white ledge that may be seen for several miles and is called the upper white quartzite marker (Kaiser, 1951).…”

Section: Upper Membermentioning

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“…The upper member corresponds to the upper silty quartzite member and the Upper Dripping Springs formation described by Kaiser (1951) and Gastil,5 respectively.…”

Section: Upper Membermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At many places a ledge-forming unit consisting of very fine-to coarsegrained sandstone is a few feet above or below a deposit (Rainbow, JDonna Lee, Snakebit). Kaiser (1951) proposed that the uranium deposits at Red Bluff are in rocks in 2 distinct 20-foot stratigraphic intervals about 28 feet apart. The basal strata in these 2 favorable intervals are about 75 and 120 feet, respectively, above the base of the upper member.…”

Section: Deposits In Siltstonementioning

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Geology of uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring Quartzite, Gila County, Arizona

Granger¹,

Raup²

1969

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__________________ 472 Lucky Boy deposit______________________________ Sky deposit________________________________ 473 Roosevelt quadrangle area________________-__-____________ Blevins Canyon deposit___________________________________ 473 Fairview deposit.-______________________________________ 474 Great Gain deposit___________________________ ________ 475-,. Other deposits. __________________________________________ 475 Black Brush deposit_____________________________________

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Section: Lower Membermentioning

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Section: Upper Membermentioning

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“…The upper member corresponds to the upper silty quartzite member and the Upper Dripping Springs formation described by Kaiser (1951) and Gastil,5 respectively.…”

Section: Upper Membermentioning

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Section: Deposits In Siltstonementioning

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Geology of uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring Quartzite, Gila County, Arizona

Granger¹,

Raup²

1969

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“…True disseminated deposits of uranium minerals are not common; an example is the Red Bluff prospect in Arizona (Kaiser, 1951), where uranium is disseminated in pre-Cambrian quartzite. At many places secondary minerals occur on fracture surfaces in both igneous and sedimentary rocks, with no obvious major structural or stratigraphic control.…”

Section: Prefacementioning

confidence: 99%

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Uranium deposits in the United States may be grouped as: (1) deposits with structural control, and (2) deposits with stratigraphic control. The deposits with structural control include veins, breccias, and pipes; disseminated deposits associated with fractures; pyrometasomatic deposits; and pegmatites. The deposits with stratigraphic control include (1) phosphates, carbonaceous shales, and lignites; (2) limestone and dolomite; (3) deposits of the carnotite type; and (4) surficial or caliche deposits. Most of the known uranium deposits are in the western United States. Arizona, Utah, and Colorado contain the largest number of deposits. The deposits with structural control, except the uraniferous pegmatites, are commonly in or related to igneous rocks of post-Cretaceous age, and many of them are associated with Tertiary volcanic rocks. Notably few deposits are genetically related to pre-Cambrian rocks and to Jurassic intrusives. The pegmatite deposits of the western United States are believed to be pre-Cambrian; those of the eastern United States are post-Devonian. Carbonaceous shales, phosphates, and lignites are restricted, for the most part, to terranes of Paleozoic and Tertiary age. Most of the carnotite-type deposits are in sedimentary rocks of Mesozoic age, and the most productive deposits are in rocks of Jurassic age. Study of the distribution of known deposits indicated that the principal favorable areas for further prospecting are those in or near Triassic and Jurassic sedimentary rocks and Tertiary igneous rocks.

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Uraniferous quartzite, Red Bluff prospect, Gila County, Arizona

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Geology of uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring Quartzite, Gila County, Arizona

Geology of uranium deposits in the Dripping Spring Quartzite, Gila County, Arizona

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