| Deposit ID | 10027378 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002989 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Monument No. 2 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | South Extension Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.88876, 36.9264 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | 6.4 MI NW OF DINNEHOTSO, 4.5 MI S OF AZ-UT BORDER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Apache(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rooster Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Shiprock(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Apache |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 041N | 023E | 29,32 | W OF CENTER (29); N OF CENTER (32) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Iron | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Ilsemannite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wad | Gangue |
| Result | U:V RATIO = 1:5, LOW LIME |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Shinarump Conglomerate (Member Of Chinle Formation);De Chelly Sandstone | ||
| Rock description | Shinarump Conglomerate (Member Of Chinle Formation);De Chelly Sandstone | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | -109.88876, 36.9264 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | On E Limb Of Monument Upwarp, In En Echelon Strike Slip Vertical Faults Along Channel |
| General form | IRREGULAR MASSES, LENSES, RODS, ROLLS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 3218.6M |
| Width | 213.36M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year | 1967 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.3 And 0.24% U | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.84HA |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Overall length | 213.36M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002989 |
KEITH, 1970, ABM BULL 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.
WITKIND & THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL 1103.
BAIN, 1952, USAEC RMO 982.
FINNELL, 1957, ECON GEOL, V. 52, NO. 5, P. 586-589.
PEIRCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.
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.
CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1970, P. 214.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002989 WITH RECORD M030423 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS M003232 OF BRIGHT AND CREASEY AND D000309 OF R.U. KING WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | ORE PODS ARE LENTICULAR. HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS ARE WITHIN 5 FT OF BASE OF CHANNEL. LOWER GRADES TO 20 FT ABOVE BASE. CHANNEL IS 2 MI LONG, 3 MI WIDE, 50 FT DEEP. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE FOR MINERALIZED AREA. MINERALIZATION EXTENDS 7 FT INTO THE DECHELLY SANDSTONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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