Coconinoite from
Sun Valley Mine, Vermillion Cliffs District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Type Locality:	Sun Valley Mine, Vermillion Cliffs District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Coconinoite
Comments:	Occurs in seams 1 mm or less in thickness, mostly along bedding planes of a light colored arkosic sandstone that is fine-grained, poorly sorted & thinly bedded.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 180; Young, E.J., et al (1966), Coconinoite, a new uranium mineral from Utah and Arizona, Am.Min.: 51: 651-663.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Coconinoite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Sun Valley Mine, Vermillion Cliffs District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

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