Nopal No. 1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico

Refs.:
- Panczner (1987): 136, 392.
- Pearcy, E.C., Prikryl, J.D., Murphy, W.M., and Leslie, B.W. (1994): Alteration of uraninite from the Nopal I deposit, Peña Blanca District, Chihuahua, Mexico, compared to degradation of spent nuclear fuel in the proposed U.S. high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Appl. Geochem.: : 713-732.
- Prikryl, J.D., D.A. Pickett, W.M. Murphy, and E.C. Pearcy (1997): Migration behavior of naturally-occurring radionuclides at the Nopal I uranium deposit, Chihuahua, Mexico. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 26, 61-69.
- http://www.swri.org/4org/d20/ghs/PBlanca/mineral.html

Mineral List:

	Alunite

	Becquerelite

	Boltwoodite

	β-Uranophane

	Calcite

	Carnotite

	Goethite

	Hematite

	Ianthinite

	Jarosite

	Kaolinite

	Metaschoepite

	Opal

	Pyrite

	Quartz

	Schoepite

	Soddyite

	Uraninite

	Uranophane

	Weeksite

20 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

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