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

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

Description
Comments:	Forms a thick zone around the dark, resinous material that is matrix for small grains of uraninite with tyuyamunite.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 296; Rosenzweig, A., et al (1954), Widespread occurrence and character of uraninite in the Triassic and Jurassic sediments of the Colorado Plateau, Econ.Geol.: 49: 351-361; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 77.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Tyuyamunite Uraninite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Metatyuyamunite 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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