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Annie Laurie Prospect, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
From introduction: The Annie Laurie 'cranium Prospect, in the Oro Blanco district of southern Arizona, is located in the southwest quarter of Sect. 3, T233, R=13. The nearest United States post office is Nogales, about 25 miles east, and the nearest settlement is Ruby, a nearly abandoned mining camp about 3 miles north. Access to the Ruby area is by gravel road from US highway 39 at Kinsley or Nogales. The Ruby quadrangle (1940) includes the area surrounding the prospect.
A Lead-Uranium Deposit at the White Oak No. 1 Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
From abstract: A small quantity of uranium ore was shipped from the White Oak No. 1 mine, Pajarito mining district, Santa Cruz County, Ariz., in 1952. The uranium is associated with oxidized lead ore in a shear zone that cuts rhyolite 'porphyry of Tertiary(?) age. The uranium minerals -- kasolite, uranophane, dumontite, autunite, and possibly radioactive pyromorphite -- are concentrated along small, discontinuous fractures, and accordingly the ore bodies are small and widely dispersed.
Preliminary Regional Mapping in the Ruby Quadrangle, Arizona
Abstract: Reconnaissance mapping in the Ruby Quadrangle, Arizona, indicates the existence of a complex assemblage of volcanic rocks and associated sediments, divisible into a younger and older series.
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