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Uraninite from
Skyline Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uraninite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Skyline Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:186741
Long-form Identifier:1:3:186741:1
GUID (UUID V4):b1db3faa-1c95-4fd1-81fc-6910784777ae
Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Mitten No. 1 Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Fern No. 1 Mine (Fern #1 Mine), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Moonlight Mine, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Monument No. 1 Mine, Monument No. 1 channel (Channel No. 36), Mystery Valley, Mineral Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Edward R. Osterndorff occurrence, San Juan County, Utah, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Starlight Mine (Starlight No. 3 Mine; East Starlight), Boot Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Twilight No. 1 (Twilight #1), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Big Chief Mine (Big Chief No. 3 & 4 claims), Boot Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Big Four (Sunlight; South Sunlight; East Sunlight), Boot Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Holiday Mesa, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
and Uranium Deposits of Monument Valley San Juan County, Utah By RICHARD Q. LEWIS, SR., and DONALD E....Valley area _...._. .. -......... In pocket 11. Skyline and other channels, Oljeto Mesa.-. In pocket Page...replacement at the Whirlwind mine .. ..... . .. ._ .. FIGURE 10. Index map of Utah showing the Monument Valley........._..... 3. Fluorescent-silica samples from Utah and Arizona tested by quantitative chemical methods...AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONUMENT VALLEY, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH By RICHARD Q. LEWIS, SR., and DONALD E
Report (issue)
CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most...State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings.... . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
impregnation, replacement, or coating on fractures and mine walls. The commonly associated minerals are listed...other Survey geologists, AEC geologists, and by mine operators. Identification is based on the writers'...listed by mine name and the mining district, as shown on a map by Shoemaker and Luedke.2 Most mine names...alphabetical list of mine and mining district names is given in table 2; also the county and state in which...deposits at Pumpkin Buttes, Wyo., and Fall River County, S, Dak., have been included. Ore from the Colorado
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hermosa Formation (Pennsylvanian).--The Bald Eagle mine is one of severalcontiguousuranium-vanadium minesin...Cane Springs Canyonabout 10 milessouthwestof Moab, Utah. Bleachingof the red sandstoneaccompanies the uranium...found in the Coconinosandstoneat the Orphan Lode mine, which is about 1,200 feet below the south rim in...the Monument No. 2 mine in Monument Valley, 20 miles southeastof Mexican Hat, Utah. Immediately belowthe...Big Indian Wash, about 32 miles southeastof Moab, Utah. On the Big Buck claims the fluviatile Cutler formation
Report (volume)
Apache County, Ariz. 6. Geologic map showing swale in the Monument No. 2 area, Apache County, Ariz....channel 1, Navajo County.________. 16. View of Alfred Miles channel 1, Navajo County. _________ __ 17...17. View of Monument No. 2 channel, Apache County. ________ IS. Geologic and resistivity interpretations...simple and complex rods in Monument No. 2 mine, Apache County.- ___ _________________--_----_22. View of...of large complex rod in Monument No. 2 mine, Apache County_~__________._._. __--_______. ________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Role of Continental Crust in the Formation of Uraninite-Based Ore Deposits Stefanie R. Lewis 1, * , Antonio...University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA; Antonio.Simonetti.3@nd.edu (A.S.); lcorcora@nd.edu...University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA Correspondence: stefanie.lewis08@gmail.com Received:...abundances and Pb, Sr, and U isotopic signatures of uraninite from a variety of ore deposits in order to establish...concentrations, reported here, provide insights into uraninite crystal substitution mechanisms and possible crustal
Report (volume)
deposits-Continued Mines-Continued • Monument No. 2 mine-Continued Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Monument...___________________ Monument No. 1-Mitten No. 2 mine and Monument No. 1 Annex_______________________... 2 mine area. 6. Map of the workings in the Vanadium Corporation of America's Monument No. 2 mine. 7...maps and sections of the Monument No. 2 mine area, Apache County. 1. Index map of parts of Apache and Navajo...prepared from specimen8 collected in the Monument No. 2 mine, Monument Valley__ 18. Photomicrographs of thin
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel
Report (volume)
Lincoln County, Nev.... Lander County, Nev.. ...... . Virgin Valley opal district........ Lyon County, Nev............... Tonopah area, Esmeralda County, Nev. Clark County, Nev.---------- . Olancha, Calif. _ ._...---------- ..... Taft-McKittrick area ---------Ridenour mine . .-. ._ ... Aguila area ..-.- ...................Hoskinninni Mesa and Monument No. 1, Monument No. 2, Skyline and Whirlwind mines) .. ..... Black Mesa ._......mines)-------Cove Mesa and Kinusta Mesa areas. .-_ San as tee area, Grants district---.-----------Becenti
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Shinkolobwe,it is more likely from the Musonoi mine in the same district. The specimen is 12.5 cm wide...Hampshire; and at the Bedford quarries, Westchester County, New York. “Torbernite” has been reported from...Mountain mines in the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Here, individual dark green crystals...from the Markey No. 3 mine, White Canyon district, Utah, as well as the Skyline mine in the Monument Valley...Valley and the Grey Dawn mine in the Paradox Valley districts and the Mineral Ten claim in the Green River
Report (issue)
generally forms uranium-rich minerals, such as uraninite (pitchblende), which-in sufficient quantityare...in 1874 at Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. ('Genth, 1875, p. 144B). In 1898 a deposit...vanadiferous sandstone was found at Roc Creek, Montrose County, Colo. This deposit was soon exploited for the...similar deposits in western Colorado and eastern Utah. From 1898 to 1924 these deposits yielded about...most of this ore came from deposits in Colorado and Utah, but some came from Arizona and a little from New
Report (volume)
Deposits of the White Canyon Area San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah By ROBERT E. THADEN, ALBERT F....system________________________________________________ San Rafael group__________________________________________...Ores_____________________________________________________ Uraninite and primary sulfides_------------------------...129 129 Blue Lizard mine __________________ ~--------------------------Fry No.4 mine, by Earl J. Ostli...__________________________ 131 133 135 Jornac mine~-------------------------------------------------Posey
Book
of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These figures...... ... .... . .... ..... . . ...... . Zoned Uraninite Pegmatites ..................................... . Zr-Fe 3.......... . 5. Anions Examples Uraninite Pyrochlorc-microlite, apatite, zirkelite, crandalJite...cro]j te Uraninite, zircon Uraninite Uraninite, fergusonite, samarskite, xenotime Uraninite Urau.inite...always well crystallized. Metamict pitchblende ( uraninite) has been reported ( Conybeare and Ferguson, 1950)
Report (volume)
1. Autoradiograph of dendritic aggregate of uraninite crystals ____________________ . ________ . ____...____ . ______________ . ____ Facing 1. Uraninite. A. Cube, a{100}. B. Cuba-octahedron, a{100} and o{111}...(U0 3 ) from pitchblende from the Georg Wagsfort mine at J ohanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge of Saxony...these purposes were originally obtained from uraninite ·deposits in Saxony, Bohemia, and Cornwall. They...the Katanga district in the Belgian Congo. The uraninite ores of Great Bear Lake, Canada, discovered in
Report (issue)
pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard...pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...---Uranium in the fluorspar deposits of the Thomas Range, Utah, by Mortimer H. Staatz and Frank W. Osterwald__________...Geology of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _·- _______ ____ __...and Hopi Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, by Eugene M. Shoemaker________________________
Report (issue)
Area, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754-B -***& UTAH Chapter B...Rocks Wilderness Study Area, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah By CHARLES G. PATTERSON, MARGO I. TOTH...WILDERNESS STUDY AREASUPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL,...Rocks Wilderness Study Area, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah. (Mineral resources of wilderness study...study areas upper Colorado River region, Utah ; ch. B) (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1754-B) Bibliography:
Book (volume)
............................................452 Utah .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Report (issue)
Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Element...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-D...1974, Murataite, a new complex oxide from El Paso County, Colorado: American Mineralogist, v. 59, nos. 1-2...Gate Canyon and Ralston Creek areas, Jefferson County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 320...and Havens, R. G., 1962, Thalenite from Teller County, Colorado, Art. 121 in Geological Survey Research
Journal (issue)
Upper Cretaceous Kaiparowits Formation of Southern Utah reveals unusual dietary habits that challenge common...include Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument; Skyline Drive by Cañon City; Royal Gorge; the Florwww.coliseumshow...Garden Park; and the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine. You must be a CSS member to take part, but anyMinerals...Speakers' Bureau Lecture: "Cripple Creek’s Cresson Mine: The Untold Stories”, by Ben Elick. WMMI, 225 North...CANYON, ARIZONA ABOVE: Grandview (Last Chance) Mine ca. 1900. Photo courtesy of Minegates.com. Mike
Book (edition)
lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63...Adults $2.00;6—16$1•00, under 6 free. **Rush Zinc Mine, Fred Dirst, Guide, Yellville, AR 72687. Black...Willden Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010. Phone (805) 4824330. Mine is in Baker. CA- Open all year. Make advance arrangements
Report (volume)
the Goodrich quartzite, Palmer area, Marquette County, Michigan, by R. C. Vickers. --(G) Wall-rock control...pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard...uranium deposits in the Red Desert, SweBtwater County, Wyoming, by Donald G. Wyant, William N. Sharp...in oolitic limestone near I /Tayoworth, Johnson County, Wyoming, by R. R. Guilinger and P. K. Theobald...Uranium and copper deposits, Coyote district, Mora County, New Mexico, by C. M. Tschanz_________. (M) Description
Book (volume)
............................................387 Utah...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
............................................387 Utah...................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
 
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