| Location: | Coconino County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 35.73559, -111.29433 |
| dep_id: | 10027344 |
| mrds_id: | M002912 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Uranium |
| Trace mineral: | Molybdenum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Carnotite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Zippeite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolin, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | LENS/PODS |
| alteration: | All Ore Bodies In The Area Are Surrounded By Light Brown To Yellowish Brown Alteration Halos Which Cut Across The Normal Purple And Gray Beds Of Host Rock Types. These Halos Are Characterized By A High Content Of Jarosite And Hydrous Iron Oxides, Seriticization Of Feldspar, And An Increase In Trace Amounts Of Molybdenum Near The Ore. |
| ore_ctrl: | Some Control Possible By Fracturing At Slight Angle To Channel. Ore Fills Intraformational Channels And Scours Within Upper 30 Ft. Of Shinarump And Lower 60 Ft. Of Petrified Forest Members Of The Triassic Chinle Formation. Ore Tends To Occur In Depressions Along Channels, And Changes In Channel Direction, Favoring More Carbinaceous Layers. |
| Reporter: | Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) |
| hrock_type: | Mudstone,Sandstone |
| arock_type: | Clay, Mud,Volcanic Ash,Basalt |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZ.: ABM BULL. 182, P. 118, 214 - 234.
- Deposit:: HINKLEY, D.N., 1955, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CAMERON AREA, COCONINO CO., ARIZ.: USAEC-RME-81.
- Deposit:: BOLLIM, E.M., AND KERR, P.F., 1958, URANIUM MINERALIZATION NEAR CAMERON, ARIZ.: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY, 9TH FIELD CONFERENCE.
- Deposit:: CHENOWETH, W.L., AND MALAM, R.C., 1973, THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGIC SOCIETY, 24TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139.
- Deposit:: ISACHSEM, Y.W., AND EVAMSEN, C.G., 1956, GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE SHINARUMP AND CHINLE FORMATIONS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 300, P. 263.
- Deposit:: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, GRAND JUNCTIONS OPERATIONS OFFICE, OCT. 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO URANIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UNITED STATES.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: NWGS 24TH FIELD GUIDEBOOK, ABM BULL. #182.
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