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

Description
Comments:	Surficial alteration product of uraninite with becquerelite & small amounts of fourmarierite.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 364; Frondel, C. (1956), Mineral composition of gummite, Am.Min.: 41: 539-568; Frondel, C. (1958), Systematic mineralogy of uranium and thorium, USGS Bull. 1064: 78.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Becquerelite Fourmarierite Uraninite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Schoepite 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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