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Leesite from
Jomac Mine, White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Leesite
Formula:K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5] · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum4 photos of Leesite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Compreignacite2 photos of Leesite associated with Compreignacite at this locality.
Magnesiozippeite2 photos of Leesite associated with Magnesiozippeite at this locality.
Sklodowskite1 photo of Leesite associated with Sklodowskite at this locality.
Blatonite1 photo of Leesite associated with Blatonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Leesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jomac Mine, White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1023548
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1023548:3
GUID (UUID V4):b8667840-653e-4b94-99e4-923ff53a68b6
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2018 Leesite, K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]∙3H2O, a new K-bearing schoepite-family mineral from the Jomac mine...mine, San Juan County, Utah, U.S.A. Travis A. Olds1,*, Jakub Plášil2, Anthony R. Kampf3, Tyler Spano1, Patrick...Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California... Houghton, Michigan 49931, U.S.A. 1 Abstract Leesite (IMA2016-064), K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]·3H2O, is...underground in the Jomac mine, Brown’s Rim, White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah. Laser ablation-inductively
Report (issue)
Leesite K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]∙3H2O Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: 2/m 2/m 2/m. As aggregates...Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Jomac mine, Brown’s Rim, San Juan County, Utah, USA. 3.219 (100), 7.45 (92),...100.00 (1) Jomac mine, Brown’s Rim, White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah, USA; average of...K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]∙3H2O. Occurrence: Collected in an abandoned mine tunnel in a roll-front uranium deposit. Association:...From the Jomac mine, Brown’s Rim, White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Name: Honors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
30 November 2017 B Bryan K. Lees (b. 1957) Leesite, K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]·3H2O, is an orthorhombic...abandoned Jomac uranium mine, White Canyon, White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah. The mine is described...Chinle and Shinerump formations. One of these, leesite, which has only now been recently described (Olds...and chalcanthite, occur locally within the mine. Leesite is named in honor of Bryan Lees, well-known...specimens from worldwide localites and related specimen mining ventures. Cotype material is on deposit in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2016-064 Leesite K(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]·3H2O Jomac mine, Brown’s Rim, White Canyon mining district, San Juan...Juan Co., Utah, USA (37° 51′43″N, 110°19′10″W) Travis A. Olds*, Patrick Haynes, Anthony R. Kampf, Tyler...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA, catalogue numbers 66285, 66286 and 66287...Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, USA, catalogue number 19029 How to cite: Olds, T.A.,...Burns, P. C., Simonetti, A. and Mills, O.P. (2016) Leesite, IMA 2016-064. CNMNC Newsletter No. 34, December
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...hydroxylhydrate mineral found underground in the Svornost mine, Jáchymov, Czechia. Electron-probe microanalysis...in the Svornost (formerly “Einigkeit” in German) mine in Jáchymov, Western Bohemia, Czechia. Details of...mineralogy, geology, and history of the Jáchymov ore district can be found elsewhere (Ondruš et al. 2003; Hloušek...Evangelista vein at the Daniel level of the Svornost mine. Associated minerals include fourmarierite, Na-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Jáchymov, Czech Republic [1–6] and San Juan County, Utah, USA [7–19]. The diversity of new natural...by one of us (NM) in underground prospection and mining workings of La Creusaz U-deposit near Les Marécottes...300 ppm, and As 200 ppm) have been exposed to acid mine drainage water and atmospheric oxygen in the abandoned...other minerals have been described in the La Creusaz mine, and3 this 2018,U-bearing 8, x FOR PEER REVIEW of...[26], pseudojohannite, described in the La Creusaz mine, and this deposit is the type locality of three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization at Krátka Dolina Valley (Rožňava district, Slovakia). The vein penetrated Lower Palaeozoic...36[(UO2)10O6(SiO4)0.05(PO4)0.02(OH)10.86]·11H2O. A leesite-like phase, with an average composition (K0.72Sr0...U–Au mineralization is located c. 15 km N of the district town Rožňava, on the south-facing slope of Krátka...becquerelite far predominant over vandendriesscheite and leesite-like phase. The upper layer is microcrystalline...chemically close to leesite (Olds et al. 2018) was found only rarely. A leesite-like phase forms irregular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1923) from the Shinkolobwe (originally Kasolo) mine, the Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic...RGM2708. This specimen originates from the Shinkolobwe mine, the Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic...040(2) ent sample from the Shinkolobwe 0.051(2) mine has been studied to confirm the more general validity...experiments on two schoepite crystals from the Shinkolobwe mine (Africa) showed that the structure of this mineral...Wiberg N (2001) Inorganic Chemistry. Academic Press, San Diego, pp 1–507 Janeczek J, Ewing RC, Oversby VM
 
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