‡Ref.: Stokes, W.L. (1951), Carnotite deposits in the Carrizo Mountains area, USGS Circ. III; Chenoweth, W.L. (1955), Geology and uranium deposits of NW Carrizo area, Four Corners Field Cove, No. 1; Chenoweth, W.L. (1973), Uranium deposits of NE Arizona, New Mexico Geol. Soc. 24th. Guidebook: 145; Pierce, W.H. (1970), Coal, oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 182: 235-248; Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 78..
A former U-V mine located on the SW limb of the Toh Atin anticline.
Mineralization is carnotite in irregular tabular layers in the Salt Wash member of the Morrison formation. Ore is found in clusters, usually associated with carbonaceous detritus. The deposit in underlain, deformed and altered by a later igneous intrusive sill.
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Map Reference: 36°50'N , 109°6'W
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