‡Ref.: Chenoweth, W.L. (1973), Uranium deposits of northwestern Arizona, New Mexico Geol. Soc. 24th. guidebook: 139; Johnson, H.S. (1966), Uranium deposits of the Moab, Monticello, White Canyon and Monument Valley Districts, Utah and Arizona, USGS Bull. 1222-H.
A U-V mine.
Mineralization is carnotite, montroseite and uraninite in lenticular ore pods in the Shinarump member of the Chinle formation and the De Chelly sandstone. Deposits occur in the bottoms of paleostream channels, usually with carbonaceous debris.
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Map Reference: 36°58'N , 109°51'W
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