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Carnotite from
Red Knob Mine (Red Knob prospect; Red Knob claims), Muggins Mountains uranium prospects, Muggins Mining District, Muggins Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Carnotite
Formula:K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Azurite
Calcite
Gypsum
Opal
Vanadinite
Weeksite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carnotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Knob Mine (Red Knob prospect; Red Knob claims), Muggins Mountains uranium prospects, Muggins Mining District, Muggins Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:248652
Long-form Identifier:1:3:248652:9
GUID (UUID V4):968b42fe-4caa-46dc-af29-8ccea3764972
Nearest other occurrences of Carnotite
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘVitrefrax Hill (Bluebird Hill), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘBluebird Kyanite Mine (Vitrefrax Corporation property; Vitrefrax Mine; Bluebird Hill Kyanite deposit; Drifted Snow; Foster Bluebird Mine; Bluebird Mine; Ogilby Kyanite deposit), Vitrefrax Hill (Bluebird Hill), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
78.6km (48.9 miles) ⓘMcKnight Mine (Lucky Star Mine; Lucky Star claims), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
78.6km (48.9 miles) ⓘCrown Uranium prospect (Crown Uranium group; Tenn-Cal claims; Tenn-Cal group), Glamis, Chocolate Mountains Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
97.9km (60.9 miles) ⓘLa Cholla placers (Chappo placers; Arizona Drift Mine), La Cholla Mining District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
Outerbridge, W. F., Staatz, M. H., Meyrowitz, R., Pommer, A. M. (1960) Weeksite, a new uranium silicate from the Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah. American Mineralogist, 45 (1-2) 39-52
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 127, 155, 411
 
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