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Kemp prospect (Kemp property; Kemp uranium mine), Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
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Formula:
(Th,U)SiO
 
4
A variety of Thorite

A uranian variety of Thorite

Classification of Uranothorite

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Chemical Properties of Uranothorite

Formula:
(Th,U)SiO
 
4
Essential elements:O, Si, Th
All elements listed in formula:O, Si, Th, U

Other Names for Uranothorite

Synonyms:
Wisaksonite
Other Languages:
German:Uranothorit
Spanish:Uranotorita
Varieties:
Uranohydrothorite

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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    • Localities for Uranothorite

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Austria
     
    • Salzburg
      • Hohe Tauern Mts
        • Rauris valley
          • Hüttwinkl valley
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
          • Seidlwinkl valley
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    Canada
     
    • Northwest Territories
      • Mackenzie District
    		www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/can.htm.
    • Ontario
      • Algoma District
        • Blind River-Elliot Lake uranium district
    		Econ Geol (1984) 79:297-321
    Robertson, J.A. (1976) The Blind River Uranium Deposits: the ores and their setting. (Ontario Division of Mines, Miscellaneous paper 65)
      • Haliburton Co.
        • Cardiff Township
    		GSC Report 39
    Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39
    Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Survey 39.
    Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39
    No reference listed
    Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.
    GSC Report 39
    Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39
    GSC misc report 39
    Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.
    Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39
        • Glamorgan Township
    		Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39
        • Monmouth Township
    		Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.
    Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39
    geological survey of canada misc report 39; geological survey of canada economic geology report 29
          • Tory Hill
    		Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.
          • Wilberforce
    		GSC misc report 39
      • Hastings Co.
        • Carlow Township
    		Donald F. Hewitt 1967
        • Dungannon Township
    		Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.
        • Faraday Township
    		No reference listed
    Traill, R. J., 1970, A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45, pp. 649.
    Rocks and Minerals For the Collector (Geological Survey of Canada Misc Report 39)
        • Monteagle Township
          • Hybla
    		[MinRec 13:199]
    D.F Hewitt (1954)
    ref.: D.F. Hewitt (1954)
      • Peterborough Co.
        • Galway and Cavendish Township
    		Ref.: Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 39.
      • Renfrew Co.
        • Brudenell Township
    		R.J Traill 1983
      • Sudbury District
        • Merritt Township
          • Espanola
    		Robertson, J.A. (1976) The Blind River Uranium Deposits: the ores and their setting. (Ontario Division of Mines, Miscellaneous paper 65)
    • Québec
      • Outaouais
        • Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM
          • L'Ange-Gardien
    		Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 33
          • Val-des-Monts
            • Lac Saint-Pierre (Wakefield Lake)
    		Geological Survey of Canada Miscellaneous Report 41.; Miles, N. M., Hogarth, D.D. & Russell, D.S. (1971): Wakefieldite, yttrium vanadate, a new mineral from Quebec. American Mineralogist. 56, 395-410
        • Pontiac RCM
          • Otter Lake
    		Sabina, Ann P., Geological Survey of Canada paper 70-50.
    China
     
    • Guangdong Province
      • Shaoguan Prefecture
        • Wengyuan Co.
    		Dazhong Xu, Linqing Liu, and Baoqun Hu (1999): Uranium Geology 15(5).
    • Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
      • Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture)
        • Darhan Muminggan United Banner (Da'erhan Maoming'an Lianheqi)
          • Bayan Obo
    • Jiangxi Province
      • Fuzhou Prefecture
        • Chongren Co.
          • Xiangshan Uranium ore field
    		Dahlkamp, F.J., Ed. (2009): Uranium Deposits of the World. Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg), pp. 31-156
        • Le'an Co.
          • Xiangshan Uranium ore field
            • Zoujiashan ore district
    		Dahlkamp, F.J., Ed. (2009): Uranium Deposits of the World. Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg), pp. 31-156
      • Ganzhou Prefecture
        • Dayu Co.
    		Rucheng Wang, Fontan, F., Xiaoming Chen, Huan Hu, Changshi Liu, Shijin Xu, and de Parseval, P. (2003): Canadian Mineralogist 41, 727-748.
    • Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region)
      • Dandong Prefecture
        • Fengcheng Co.
    		Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189
    • Sichuan Province
      • Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture
        • Mianning Co.
    		Zengqian Hou, Shihong Tian, Yuling Xie, Zhusen Yang, Zhongxin Yuan, Shuping Yin, Longsheng Yi, Hongcai Fei, Tianren Zou, Ge Bai, and Xiaoyu Li (2009): Ore Geology Reviews (in press)
    • Yunnan Province
      • Dehong Autonomous Prefecture
        • Yingjiang Co.
          • Tongbiguan
    Egypt
     
    • Red Sea Governorate
      • Eastern Desert
        • Gabel El-Missikat
    		JKAU: Earth Sci., Vol. 19, pp: 85-97 (2008 A.D. / 1429 A.H.)
        • Marsa Alam
    		Küster, D. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 68-86.
    Abd El-Naby, H.H. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 436-446.
    France
     
    • Languedoc-Roussillon
      • Lozère
        • Bouges
    		Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 249-259.
    • Rhône-Alpes
      • Savoie
        • La Lauzière massif
    		DE ASCENCAO GUEDES R.. (2000). La Lauzière : les espèces minérales, Savoie, France. Le Règne Minéral hors-série n°6, pp. 24-39. Editions du Piat.
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Kandern
    		K. Walenta: "Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes", Weise (Munich), 1992
    Guyana
     
    • Barima-Waini Region
    Italy
     
    • Latium
      • Viterbo Province
        • Vico Lake
    		No reference listed
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Gifu Prefecture
          • Nakatsugawa City
            • Takayama
    		Kimura & Miyake (1932) Journal of the Chemical Society, Japan, 53, 93-100 (in japanese); abstract in Am. Min. 18, 223.
    • Shikoku Island
      • Kochi Prefecture
        • Tosashimizu City
    		www.eonet.ne.jp/~isinosyuminoyaka/page004.html
    Madagascar
     
    • Antananarivo Province
      • Itasy Region
        • Soavinandriana District
    		Besairie H. (1966): Les Gites Minéraux de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar, Tananarive, 34, 92p
    North Korea
     
    • North Hamgyong Province
      • Haksong-gun
        • Hangnam-myon
    		Iimori, S. (1944) Reports, the 58th Sub-committee (Special minerals and ore deposits), Technical Avancement Society in Japan.
    Norway
     
    • Aust-Agder
    		Gleditsch, E. & Qviller, B. (1932): Investigations of uranothorites from the Arendal district, Norway. Philosophical Magazine Series 7, 14: 233-243
    Russia
     
    • Southern Siberia
      • Sayan Mts
        • Eastern Sayan
    		Savel'eva V.B. Karmanov N.S. (2008) Rare earth's minerals of alkaline metasomatites of Main Sayan Fault zone, - Zapiski RMO, N2, pp.14-35 (in Rus.).; Savel’eva, V.B., and Karmanov, N.S. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 681-696.
    Slovakia
     
    • Trnava Region
      • Piešťany Co.
    		Uher, P., Broska, I., 1989: Muskovitický pegmatit s obsahom minerálov vzácnych prvkov při Moravanoch n.V. (Považský Inovec). Min.Slovaca, 21,2,163 – 174
    South Africa
     
    • Free State Province
    		Minerals of South Africa
    • Northern Cape Province
      • Namaqualand
        • Okiep Copper District
    		Econ Geol. (1995) 90:1934-1954
    Sweden
     
    • Jämtland
      • Krokom
    		No reference listed
    • Norrbotten
      • Kalix
    		Smellie, J.A.T. (1985): Uranium-series disequilibrium studies of drillcore Km3 from the Kamlunge test-site, northern Sweden.Mineralogical Magazine, 49: 271-279
    • Småland
      • Jönköping
        • Gränna
    		Thulin, H. (1996): Norra Kärr. Litiofilen 13: 17-51
    USA
     
    • Alaska
      • Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough
        • Ketchikan District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
      • Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
        • McGrath District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
        • Ruby District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    • Arizona
      • Mohave Co.
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 395; Adams, J.W. & M.H. Staatz (1969), Rare earths and thorium, in Mineral and water resources of AZ, AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 180: 245-251.
      • Yavapai Co.
    		Frondel, C. (1958), Systematic Mineralogy of uranium and thorium, USGS Bull. 1064: 315; Grant, Raymond W., Richard A. Bideaux & Sidney A. Williams (2006), Minerals Added to the Arizona List 1995 to 2005: 8.
    • California
      • Los Angeles Co.
        • Sierra Pelona Mts (Sierra Pelona Range)
          • Castaic
            • Fish Canyon
    		Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 62; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 462.
    AmMin 42:104 (1957)
        • Forest Home
          • Mill Creek
            • Lost Creek-Falls Creek-Alger Creek tributaries
    		Hewett, Donnel Foster & Jerome Stone (1957), Uranothorite near Forest Home, San Bernardino County, California: American Mineralogist: 42: 104; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 366; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 463.
    Hewett, Donnel Foster & Jerome Stone (1957), Uranothorite near Forest Home, San Bernardino County, California: American Mineralogist: 42: 104-107; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 366.
        • Twenty-Nine Palms
    		Walker, G.W., Lovering, T.G., and Stephens, H.G. (1956), Radioactive Deposits in California: Special Report 49 of the Californnia Division of Mines & Geology: 24; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 366.
    • Colorado
      • Boulder Co.
        • Jamestown District
          • Jamestown
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
      • El Paso Co.
        • Mount Rosa
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
      • Jefferson Co.
        • Ralston Buttes District
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
    • Nevada
      • Esmeralda Co.
        • Tokop District
          • Tule Canyon
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Mineral Co.
        • Fitting District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Bull 58 Geology and Mineral Resources of Mineral County, Nevada
    • New Mexico
      • Quay Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
      • Sierra Co.
        • Derry District
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • New York
      • Essex Co.
        • Crown Point Township
    		Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State
      • Saratoga Co.
    		Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.165
        • Overlook
    		Januzzi, 1976. Mineral Localities of CT and Southeastern NY State
    • Virginia
      • Bedford Co.
        • Goode quadrangle
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
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