Mine detail: Cato Sells Monument Mine

Previously called 'Cato Sells Tract 1 and 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.9264, -109.88876

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Iron, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum
Ore:	Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Limonite, Opal, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR MASSES, TABULAR LENSES, RODS (CYLINDRICAL LOG LIKE MASSES) AND ROLLS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation;De Chelly Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate

References

MRDS	M002988
DEP	10102478
Reference	{Deposit:: REINHARDT, E.V., 1951, RECONNAISSANCE TRIP TO MONUMENT VALLEY, U.S.A.E.L. RMO NO. 624}{Deposit:: RIDGE, J.D., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, VOL. 1, P. 799-803}{Deposit:: BAIN, G.W., 1952, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO PLATEAU, USAEL RMO NO. 982}{Deposit:: WITKIND & THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL. 1103}
Reporter	Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.)