‡Ref.: Witkind, I.J. (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo counties, Arizona, USGS Bull. 1103: 136-139; Keith, S.B. (1970), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 182: 215; King, R., AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 180: 235; Peirce, H.W., S.B. Keith and J.C.Wilt (1970), Coal, oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 182: 215; USGS crib file #WP1653.
U-V-Cu-Mo (trace) deposits located in sec. 13, T.41N., R.20E.
Mineralization is a relacement deposit in the crest of an unnamed anticline. The strata are horizontal. The orebody is channel fill. The deposit may represent redeposition of material leached from an uraniferous deposit up dip. Host rocks include the Moenkopi formaton, Mescal limestone, and the Shinarump member of the Chinle formation.
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Map Reference: 36°57'N , 110°6'W
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- Navajo Indian Reservation
- Mitchell Mesa (Mitchell Mesa prospects)
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