Riverview Mine (Riverview group of claims), Breccia Pipe District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 35°39'N
Longitude: 111°21'W
‡Ref.: Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 295, 399, 408; Wenrich, K.J. & H.B. Sutphin (1989), Lithotectonic setting necessary for formation of a uranium-rich, solution-collapse breccia-pipe, Grand Canyon region, AZ, USGS Open File Rept. 89-0173; Wenrich, K.J., et al (1992), USGS Bull. 1683-D: D2; Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, AZ Dept. Mines & Min. Resources Open File Rept. 92-10: 6 (Table 1); Chenoweth, W.L. & P.P. Blakemore (1961), Riverview Mine, Coconino, Arizona; Plateau Vol. 33, No. 4; Butler, A. & Byers, V. in USGS & AZ Bur. Mines, and US Bur. Of Reclamation 1969, Mineral and water resources of Arizona, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 180: 288.
A group of U-V-Mo-Cu claims and former surface & underground mine located in the NE¼ sec. 8, T.26N., R.10E. (Wupatki NE 7.5 minute topo map).
Mineralization includes secondary U & Cu minerals in an elliptically shaped orebody. Alteration of host rock mudstone from reddish-brown to greyish-green and bleaching of host rock sediments.
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