Mine detail: Monument No. 2 Mine

Previously called 'South Extension Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.9264, -109.88876

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium, Uranium
Tertiary:	Iron, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum
Ore:	Carnotite, Copper, Iron, Lead, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Ilsemannite, Jarosite, Limonite, Opal, Quartz, Wad
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR MASSES, LENSES, RODS, ROLLS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Shinarump Conglomerate (Member Of Chinle Formation);De Chelly Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	On E Limb Of Monument Upwarp, In En Echelon Strike Slip Vertical Faults Along Channel

References

MRDS	M002989
DEP	10027378
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1970, ABM BULL 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.}{Deposit:: WITKIND & THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL 1103.}{Deposit:: BAIN, 1952, USAEC RMO 982.}{Deposit:: FINNELL, 1957, ECON GEOL, V. 52, NO. 5, P. 586-589.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, 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.}{Deposit:: CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 1200-AZ.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1970, P. 214.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.