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Carnotite from
Radium Deposit, Clark County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Carnotite
Formula:K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carnotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Radium Deposit, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1536280
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1536280:7
GUID (UUID V4):446cd78f-3b69-4d49-b2c2-e1373cbfb170
Nearest other occurrences of Carnotite
10.4km (6.4 miles) Unnamed prospect (2), Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Jean-Sloan Area Uranium Location 27 (Goodsprings Carnotite Prospect), Sloan Mining District, Clark County, Nevada, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) Singer Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) Boss Mine, Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
19.7km (12.3 miles) Unnamed prospect (1), Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) Mammoth Mine, Clark Mountain, Clark Mountain District (Clark District), Clark Mts (Clark Mountain Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
88.7km (55.1 miles) Lucky 44 claim, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wilcox N ,the rugged region of western Montrose county, I Colorado, there are the relics of a to get...Rio Dolores, cutting in two the magnificent carnotite field, is a flume which is at once a mechanical...years the property was sold for taxes by Montrose County. A Chicago company secured title by paying a...location of the at the present time by the carnotite-radium activity of a flume, out of the depths of...Russian naval officer who discovered Nicholas radium deposit, furnishing, as it does, about 95 per cent
Report (issue)
_ Vein-------------------------------~------ Deposit'" __________________________________ _ Acknowledgments...Arizona, California, Colorado~ Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and FRANK W. OsTERWALD Oregon,...difficult to segregate them descriptively." A single deposit may show both structural and stratigraphic control;...thermal solutions, whereas in other parts of the deposit the mineral assemblage indicates a deposition from...affinities where induced to a vein deposit or a part of a deposit and outlines the cavities have been
Report (volume)
and zinc deposits; and a recently discovered deposit in the zone of alteration at the contact of an...magnetite-ilmenite deposits near Lake Sanford, Esse"!{ County, New York: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 940-D, p. 99-123...See also tangeite. Carnotite, K2(U02),(V04)2·3H20-- __________ do ________ _ Carnotite, cesium analogue...Mines and Geology, County Rept.-California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report. San Francisco...Stuttgart, Germany. Nevada Bur. Mines BulL-Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin. Reno, Nev. Nevada Bur. Mines Map-Nevada
Book
short-lived decay products of these elements, including radium (Ra) and radon (Rn) (Tables 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4)...solutions uranium is dissolved more readily than radium; thus outcrops of radioactive ores rich in pyrite...selectively of uraniu1n, leaving radium. Since the ga1nma activity of radium is relatively high, radion1etric...X2 l l Radium Ra c1nanation, Radon, Niton l Radiun1 A 3.05 m 99.96% 0.04 % l a! Radium B 13-...1{3- Raclon , a Radium C 0.019 s 11.:l.7 1n 0.04% 99.96% ~ l/3- a Radium C' f" 1 a l.637
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M. Curie, and G. Bemont isolated the element radium from pitchblende mined at Jachymov. Later work...with all mineral resources, a particular uranium deposit may or may not be economical to develop or operate...and later reopened as prices fluctuate, and a deposit that has been completely mined out may lat er yield...depending on the size, type, and placement of the deposit. These methods include underground mining, open-pit...commonly found uranyl minerals are the vanadates carnotite and tyuyamunite, followed by autunite-group phosphates
Report (issue)
and districts......................... Type of deposit......................................... Page...summarized briefly, including such features as type of deposit, host rock and age of host rock, age of mineralization...silver in the Northwest Territories of Canada, for radium and vanadium in Colorado, and for silver in Czechoslovakia...placers. Secondary uranium ore minerals, such as carnotite, tyuyamunite, torbernite, meta-torbernite, autunite...zones of primary deposits. Vanadates such as carnotite are major secondary minerals in sandstone deposits
Report (issue)
Uraniferous-bitumen deposits Mercury deposits Carnotite-bearing sandstone Tyuya-Muyan district References...Ulug-Tau mercury deposit of the Karachatyr Cross sections of Uygur-Say uranium deposit TABLES Table 1...once mined in the area at the famous Tyuya-Muyun deposit and is possibly being recovered today at one or...coal, oil, ozocerite, copper, mercury, antimony, radium, and uranium. The Valley is densely populated,...these works seldom identify the locality of the deposit being described, and no estimate of the size and
Report (issue)
2005 provide a wealth of information on uranium deposit geology, which has been used to revise the classification...origin is incomplete. There are a number of uranium deposit types with a unique genesis that are not well understood...understanding of uranium geology and deposit genesis. Improved definitions of the deposit types, supported by examples...new data on uranium resources available for each deposit type are also provided. The IAEA expresses its...and subtypes or by providing new data to improve deposit descriptions. The classification was largely inspired
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Imperial Academy has sent Fersman, as a member of Radium Expedition headed by Academician V.I.Vernadsky...Shcherbakov, has visited radium deposit Tyuya Muyun, sulfur deposit Shor Su, celestine deposit Lyakkan and chert...Kirghizia and has collected torbernite, thorite, and carnotite (Coll. 2361 = 4 samples, Coll. 3056 = 8 samples...has visited Silesia in 1927, mainly the Striegau deposit (nowadays Strzegom, Poland), whence he has taken...Bohemia, Moravia, Remnitsa, etc. On the Jahimov deposit, he has collected radioactive minerals: uraninite
Report (issue)
Radon-222, 220Rn, and 219Rn are decay products of radium isotopes that are, in turn, members of radioactive... John A.S., Paulo M.C. Barretto, and Ronald B. Clark, 1972 Radon-222 loss from zircons and sphenes; stochastic...430. Adams, JA.S., Paulo M. Barretto, Ronald B. Clark, and Joe S. Duval, Jun., 1971 Radon-222 emanation...(Negotiated) Adams, JA.S., P.M.C. Barretto, and R.B. Clark, 1973 Radon-222 emanation characteristics of lunar...Barretto, Clark, and Fryer, 1973, for full paper.] Adams, JA.S., P.M.C. Barretto, R.B. Clark, and G.E
Report (issue)
and their geological framework in Canada and the USA, with analogies from other parts of the world. The...exploration expenditures, discovery costs and geological deposit types ...........................................models for major types of uranium deposits in the USA (abstract only) ...................................Formation, southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, USA ...................................................Flodelle Creek surficial uranium deposit, Stevens County, Washington, USA ............... 241 J.K. Otton
Report (issue)
the entire crust) and 0.0032 mg/L in seawater (Clark et al. 1966). Uranium is a member of the actinide...events have produced open systems in U ores. In deposit studies, the decay schemes of 235U and 238U along...cycle as it cannot be engineered. Once an ore deposit is discovered, a mine is developed and U extracted...of mining techniques, depending on the type of deposit. The resulting ore is treated to extract the U...dangerous waste and its use in weapons will MAJOR DEPOSIT TYPES There are many different ways of classifying
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of other geoscientists who worked on any given deposit, in order to stimulate and encourage further research...conflicting. Descriptions of the same district or deposit or specific features thereof by different authors...geological situation and size of a district or deposit. It has to be admitted, however, that this demanding...have contributed work to the country, district or deposit described in that particular chapter. This scheme...pertaining to the respective country, district or deposit. The list is restricted to respective principal
Book (edition)
, of "·ar minerals. Thi book is about mineral deposit , how they are found 1 how and "·here they occur...eminated replacement deposit," for example, envisages a more definite form of deposit "ith inference as...Cadmium, 607; A1agnesium, 608; M ercitry, 609; Radium and Uranium , 613; Selenium and Tellurium, 615;...o understand properly ho"' a gold vein or clay deposit has been formed it is necessary to understand fir...was founded in the mid t of the ,·aried mineral deposit'' of the Erzgebirge. Its famed teacher conducted
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of other geoscientists who worked on any given deposit, in order to stimulate and encourage further research... . . . . . . . 6.2.4 Aquitaine Basin, Coutras Deposit, Dpt. Gironde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . 17.1 Billingen-Falbygden Region/Ranstad Deposit, South Sweden 17.2 Östersund Region, Central Sweden... . . . . . . 17.5.3 Sorsele District/Duobblon Deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6 Åsele Region...conflicting. Descriptions of the same district or deposit or specific features thereof by different authors
 
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