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Etsitty No. 1 Mine (M.O. 5), Taasahdi Dzil, Black Mountain Mining District (Black Mesa Mining District), Apache Co., Arizona, USAi
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Etsitty No. 1 Mine (M.O. 5)Mine
Taasahdi DzilPeak
Black Mountain Mining District (Black Mesa Mining District)Mining District
Apache Co.Mine
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 17' 13'' North , 109° 50' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rough Rock414 (2011)13.5km
Many Farms1,348 (2011)21.9km
Cottonwood226 (2011)24.1km
Chinle4,518 (2011)30.4km
Chilchinbito506 (2011)33.9km


A former surface U-V occurrence/mine located in sec. 10, T33N, R23E, G&SRM, 7.7 km (4.8 miles) NE of Taasahdi Dzil (summit) (coordinates of record) and 1.1 miles SW of Waterfall Spring.

Mineralization is tyuyamunite and metahewettite with clay in pods hosted in Late Cretaceous sandstone. The ore body is podiform with a thickness of 0.3 meter, width of 7.62 meters and a length of 38.1 meters. Local rocks include sedimentary rocks of the Late Cretaceous Mesaverde Group. The carnotite, tyuyamunite, rauvite and meta-hewettite coat grains and cement a highly carbonaceous sandstone interbedded with carbonaceous siltstone in the Toreva Formation.

Workings include surface and underground openings comprised of 200 feet of rim stripping, drifting in 2 adit and 5,000 feet of exploratory drilling.

Regions containing this locality

North America PlateTectonic Plate
Colorado Plateau, USAPlateau
Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, USAReservation
Hopi-Navajo Indian Reservations, Colorado Plateau, Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos., Arizona & Utah, USA

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Commodity List

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Mineral List


3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Metahewettite
Formula: CaV6O16 · 3H2O
Reference: Chenoweth, W.L. (1973), Uranium deposits of NE Arizona, New Mexico Geol. Soc. 24th. Guidebook: 147-148; Pierce, W.H. (1970), Coal, oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 182: 252-254.
β“˜ Rauvite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O
Reference: USGS PP538
β“˜ Tyuyamunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Reference: Chenoweth, W.L. (1973), Uranium deposits of NE Arizona, New Mexico Geol. Soc. 24th. Guidebook: 147-148; Pierce, W.H. (1970), Coal, oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 182: 252-254.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Metahewettite4.HE.15CaV6O16 · 3H2O
β“˜Rauvite4.HB.40Ca(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O
β“˜Tyuyamunite4.HB.25Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification

Group 40 - HYDRATED NORMAL PHOSPHATES,ARSENATES AND VANADATES
AB2(XO4)2·xH2O, containing (UO2)2+
β“˜Tyuyamunite40.2a.26.1Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Group 47 - VANADIUM OXYSALTS
Hydrated Normal Vanadium Oxysalts
β“˜Metahewettite47.3.1.2CaV6O16 · 3H2O
Vanadium Bronzes
β“˜Rauvite47.4.4.1Ca(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Hβ“˜ MetahewettiteCaV6O16 · 3H2O
Hβ“˜ RauviteCa(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Oβ“˜ MetahewettiteCaV6O16 · 3H2O
Oβ“˜ RauviteCa(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Caβ“˜ MetahewettiteCaV6O16 · 3H2O
Caβ“˜ RauviteCa(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O
VVanadium
Vβ“˜ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Vβ“˜ MetahewettiteCaV6O16 · 3H2O
Vβ“˜ RauviteCa(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O
UUranium
Uβ“˜ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
Uβ“˜ RauviteCa(UO2)2(V10O28) · 16H2O

Regional Geology

This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

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Santonian - Coniacian
83.6 - 89.8 Ma



ID: 2828851
Sedimentary rocks of the Late Cretaceous Mesaverde Group

Age: Late Cretaceous (83.6 - 89.8 Ma)

Stratigraphic Name: Mesaverde Group

Description: Gray to buff sandstone with interbedded shale and coal. These rocks, which are similar to slightly younger rocks that form Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado, were deposited on the margin of a shallow sea. Rocks of this map unit host the only large coal deposits in Arizona. (84-88 Ma)

Comments: Original map source: Arizona Geological Survey, DI-8 Geologic Map of Arizona, Digital Spatial data for the Geologic Map of Arizona, v. 3.0, edited by S.M. Richard and S.M. Kneale, 2002, 10 p., 2 DOS HD disks. Arc/INFO export file (.e00) format, scale 1:1,000,000.

Lithology: Major:{sandstone,shale,coal}

Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133]

Early Jurassic - Late Triassic
174.1 - 237 Ma



ID: 3185972
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks

Age: Mesozoic (174.1 - 237 Ma)

Lithology: Sandstone-conglomerate

Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

Data and map coding provided by Macrostrat.org, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

References

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Clinton, N.J. (1956), Uranium reconnaissance of the Black Mountain-Yale Point area, Black Mesa, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona: U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Report RME-91, 24 p.
Clinton, N.J., and Carithers, L. W.(1956), Uranium deposits in sandstones of marginal marine origin, in Page, L.R, and others, compilers, Contributions to the geology of uranium and thorium by the United States Geological Survey and Atomic Energy Commission for the United Nations
Finch, Warren Irvin (1967), Geology of the epigenetic uranium deposits in Sandstone in the United States, USGS Professional Paper 538.
Pierce, W.H. (1970), Coal, oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182: 252-254.
Chenoweth, W.L. (1973), Uranium deposits of NE Arizona, New Mexico Geological Society 24th. Guidebook: 147-148.
Scarborough, Robert B. (1981), Radioactive occurrences and uranium production in Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Report for U.S. Department of Energy (Atomic Energy Commission), GJBX-143. RME-2071: 112.
USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10048368.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Preliminary Reconnaissance Report # PRR-EDR-264 (36).
International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 300: 445-449.
Shiprock NTMS.
U.S. Department of Energy preliminary map No. 31.
USGS 7.5 minute Blue Gap quadrangle map; US Atomic Energy Commission preliminary reconnaissance Report: 172-477.
USGS Sweathouse Peak, Arizona, quadrangle 7Β½ minute topo map.

USGS MRDS Record:10048368
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