Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formLENTICULAR ORE PODS
Ore controlDeposits Occur In Bottom Of Most Paleostream Channels, Usually With Carbonaceous Debris
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Montroseite, Tyuyamunite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation;De Chelly Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10027522
MRDS IDM003237
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.90862, -109.88903
References
CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139JOHNSON, H.S., 1966, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MOAB, MONTICELLO, WHITE CANYON AND MONUMENT VALLEY DISTRICTS, UTAH AND ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1222-H, 53 P.PEIRCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.WITKIND AND THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL. 1103