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Discussing a reconnaissance examination of certain portions of the mountainous area in Gila and Pinal Counties, Arizona, undertaken to inspect accessible outcrops of Dripping Spring quartzite.
Description:
Abstract: A four-week reconnaissance of certain portions of the mountainous area in Gila and Pinal Counties, Arizona, was undertaken in March and April, 1953, to inspect accessible outcrops of Dripping Spring quartzite, a pre-Cambrian formation which has lately attracted the interest of the Atomic Energy Commission by the discovery of two separate occurrences of uranium mineralization. Although no new deposits were found during the field work, a more thorough examination of the quartzite seems …
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