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Dutchess claim, Tucson, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Ref.: US Atomic Energy Commission Preliminary Reconnaissance Report Pima County (1955): 648.

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-159 (1970) Preliminary Reconnaissance for Uranium in Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona, 1950 to 1957.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10095789, MRDS ID #800307; and, Dep. ID #10283807, MAS ID #0040190199.

An U occurrence/group of claim/prospect with 5 claims and surface workings located in sec. 17, T15S, R13E, on private land. Located at the southern edge of the Tucson Quadrangle and may actually be in the San Xavier Mission Quadrangle. Owned by Ward and Richard Kinnan (1955).

Minealization is an ore zone 0.61 meters thick hosted in limestone. Radioactivity: Background 0.02 mr/hr, max 0.6 mr/hr.

Local structures include sedimentary beds that form a slight syncline.

Workings include discovery pits only in 1955.





Map Reference: 32°7'29"N , 111°2'12"W

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  • Gypsum
  • Uranophane


    2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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