Mine detail: Alyce Tolino Mine

Previously called 'Max Johnson No. 9'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.85558, -111.35573

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Carnotite, Ilsemannite, Umohoite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Zippeite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS-LIKE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Petrified Forest Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Mudstone
Alteration processes:	Halo Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxides, Sericitized Feldspars, And Increase In Traces Of Molybdenum Near Ore

References

MRDS	M002678
DEP	10027271
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.}{Deposit:: BOLLIN & KERR, 1958, GUIDEBOOK FOR N. MEX. GEOL. SOC. 9TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 164-168.}{Deposit:: HINCKLEY, 1957, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 67 P.}{Deposit:: ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.}{Deposit:: HAMILTON, P., AND KERR, P., 1959, UMOHOITE FROM CAMERON, ARIZONA: AMERICA MINERALIZED.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1970, P. 221}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.