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Cameron District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

‡Ref.: Austin, S.R. (1964), Mineralogy of the Cameron area, Coconino County, Arizona, US Atomic Energy Commission RME 99. Technical Information Service, Oak Ridge, TN: 99.

Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 406, 430.

Prospector Hosteen Nez, a Navajo, discovered uranium near Cameron in Coconino County in 1950. The Kayenta Formation and the Chinle Formation host the mineralization. Production occurred during the period 1950 to 1963, and totaled 1,200,000 pounds (540 metric tons) of U3O8.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Alunite
Analcime
Andersonite
Anhydrite
Atacamite
Augite
Azurite
Baryte
Beidellite
'Bentonite'
β-Uranophane
Bieberite
Boltwoodite
Calcite
Carnotite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
'var: Petrified Wood'
'Chlorite Group'
Coconinoite (TL)
Coffinite
Copiapite
Covellite
Dolomite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrimolybdite
Galena
Greenockite
'Gummite'
Gypsum
Halotrichite
Hematite
Illite
Ilsemannite
Iriginite
Jarosite
Jordisite
Kaolinite
Limonite
Malachite
Marcasite
Meta-autunite
Metasideronatrite
Metatorbernite
Metatyuyamunite
Metauranocircite
Metazeunerite
Montmorillonite
Moorhouseite
Nepheline
Opal
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Pyrite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Sabugalite
Schoepite
Schröckingerite
'Sericite'
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite

Spherocobaltite
Sulphur
Torbernite
Tyuyamunite
Umohoite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Vanmeersscheite
'Wad'
Wupatkiite (TL)
Zippeite


246 entries listed. 60 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
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  • Arizona
    • Coconino Co.
      • Cameron District
          • Black Peak

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