Valley View and Yarnell Group

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102479
MRDS ID M002991
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View and Yarnell Group
Alternate or previous names Prieta Chinda, Manganese Developement Co., Wheeler Claims, Valley View Vein.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.224, 36.53002 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292
Relative position 7.5 MILES SSW OF BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 36N 29E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 16 MILES SE OF AGUILA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.224, 36.53002

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Occur In Units Showing Most Rapid Variation In Thickness

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Lukachukai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LIMITED RESOURCES

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED E.C. LANE, J. GENUNG. PROPERTY INCLUDES 6 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LUKACHUKAI MTNS., NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC., 18TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 78-84

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC., 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139

  • Deposit

    USBM 1C 7843, 1958, P.18.

  • Deposit

    ADMR PRIETA CHINDA FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 625-VALLEY VIEW AND YARNELL GROUPS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALS OCCUR IN 4 VEINS. MAIN VALLEY VIEW VEIN IS FROM 1 TO 10 FT WIDE. THE ORE SHOOTS ARE 25 TO 100 FT LONG AND 1 TO 4 FT WIDE.
Deposit INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS REPORT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE LUKACHUKAI MINING DISTRICT. MINE NO. 10 MESA 1 BEING ONE OF MANY MINES THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. (UTM COORDINATES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL MINE OR PROSPECT.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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