Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS-LIKE
Ore controlCarbonaceous Material; Highest U Content Along Fault In Channel Which May Have Provided Passage For Solutions Up Through The Shinarump Member.
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Ilsemannite, Umohoite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Zippeite
GangueCalcite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMudstone · Lower Petrified Forest Member Of Chinle Formation
AlterationHalo Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxides, Sericitized Feldspars, And Increase In Traces Of Molybdenum Near Ore
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10027271
MRDS IDM002678
Alternate namesMax Johnson No. 9
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.85558, -111.35573
References
KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.BOLLIN & KERR, 1958, GUIDEBOOK FOR N. MEX. GEOL. SOC. 9TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 164-168.HINCKLEY, 1957, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 67 P.ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.HAMILTON, P., AND KERR, P., 1959, UMOHOITE FROM CAMERON, ARIZONA: AMERICA MINERALIZED.CIMRIKEITH, 1970, P. 221