Mine detail: Red Knob Mine

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Location: Yuma County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.74175, -114.20078
dep_id: 10095372
mrds_id: M030319
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Vanadium, Uranium
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cuprite, Uranophane, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Opal
orebody_fm: HIGH GRADE POCKETS
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Mudstone
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • Deposit:: ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF AZ, UNIV OF AZ PRESS, P. 207
  • Deposit:: HONEA, 1959, AM MIN V. 44, P. 1047-1056
  • Deposit:: KEITH, 1978, ABGMT BULL 192
  • Deposit:: WILSON, 1933, ABM BULL 134
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