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Monument No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodities Vanadium, Uranium, Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102487
MRDS ID M003052
Record type Site
Current site name Monument No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mitten No. 2, Monument No. 1 Annex, Mitchell Mesa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.23043, 36.94834 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 1.7 MI S OF GOULDINGS WELL, ON RIDGE W OF KAYENTA-MEXICAN HAT RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mystery Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kayenta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marble Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER MINERALS COMMON IN MONUMENT NO. 1 WORKINGS, ABSENT IN MITTEN NO. 2 WORKINGS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Zippeite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Unoxidized Core Surrounded By Oxidized Mineralization

Analytical data

Result V:U=2.5:1
Result 10 MR/HR MAXIMUM OR 0.25% TO 0.5% U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Conglomerate Member Of Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.23043, 36.94834
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 205.74M
    Width 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • "Trashy" Conglomerate Channels Near Silicified Wood, Carbonaceous Matter, & Clay

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF VANADIUM ORE IN 1942-1944. PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS 1952-1956.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME MINERALIZATION REMAINS, BUT TOO SMALL TO JUSTIFY FURTHER EXPLORATION.

Comments on development

  • MINED 1942-1950 BY VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1970, ABM BULL 182.

  • Deposit

    REINHARDT, 1951, USAEC RMO 624.

  • Deposit

    WITKIND, 1961, USGS BULL 1107-C.

  • Deposit

    WITKIND & THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL 1103.

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., 1974, UNPUB. DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    REINHARDT, 1951; KEITH, 1970, P. 216.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORDS M003052 AND D000326 WITH RECORD M030465 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000326 OF R.U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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