Coffinite from
Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:	As a constituent of dark, unoxidized U-V ores; also in tabular bodies in sandstone-filled, paleo-stream channels or scours. Fills interstices in sandstone & conglomerate.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 181; Young, R.G. (1964), Distribution of uranium deposits in the White Canyon-Monument Valley district, UT-AZ, Econ.Geol.: 59: 850-973.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Corvusite Doloresite Montroseite Uraninite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Coffinite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

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