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Coffinite from
Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Sierra
Classification
Species:Coffinite
Formula:U(SiO4) · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coffinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134863
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134863:7
GUID (UUID V4):824d9be4-d6e4-414f-a9a2-ed0218607056
Localities for Coffinite in this Region
Round Top prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryolite-bearingand rare metal-enrichedrhyolite, Sierra Blanca Peaks, HudspethCounty,Texasr Jnprnny N. RusrN....qar Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, Texas78713...Tertiary TransPecosTexas magmatic province near Sierra Blanca, Texas, was chemically modified by pegmatitic ...result of vapor-phasecrystallization, setsthe Sierra Blanca rhyolites apart from otherwise chemically similar...main phase of Tertiary magmatism in Trans-Pecos Texas Five rhyolite laccoliths are exposedapproximately
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texasx Jnrrnnv N. RunrN, Cnnrsropnnn D....Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, Texas 78713, U.S.A Ansrnlcr...Ansrnlcr Zircons from the Sierra Blanca Peaks, a group of mildly peraluminous, rare-elementenriched rhyolite...relative to cores.Magmatic zircons from the Sierra Blanca intrusion show a negative correlation between...limestone that are associated with intrusion of the Sierra Blanca laccoliths contain subhedral to anhedral, commonly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu­ merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analyses on uranium minerals—such as uraninite, coffinite, saleeite, meta-saleeite, and thorite—and U-bearing...replaced by coffinite, which resulted from uraninite alteration. The U contents in the coffinite crystals...due to the solubilization of mainly uraninite, coffinite, thorite, monazite, apatite, and chlorite. Uranium...of uraninite in Portuguese uranium deposits. Coffinite is a reduced U-mineral that is contemporaneous...granite contains uraninite and thorite, while coffinite is also present in the hydrothermally altered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxides, xenotime-(Y), monazite-(Ce), uraninite and coffinite are common accessory minerals. Results CĂ­novec...zircon occurred in rhyolite from the Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas, USA (Rubin et al. 1989). The Zr/Hf ratio...solutions in the system thorite-xenotime-zircon-coffinite. Lithos 88: 35–55 Förster H-J, Rhede D (2006)...and metastable solid solution in thorite and coffinite. Mineral Petrol 38:245–262 Pouchou JL, Pichoir...Hydrothermal zircon and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Amer Mineral 74:865– 869 Seifert T,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solutions in the system thorite–xenotime–zircon–coffinite H.-J. Förster * University of Potsdam, Institute...solutions of the tetragonal thorite–xenotime–zircon–coffinite mineral group with partially novel compositions...exist between thorite and xenotime, thorite and coffinite, and Y–HREE-bearing thorite and zircon. Complex...B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Thorite; Coffinite; Zircon; Xenotime; Thorbastnäsite; Bastnäsite-(Y);...ThSiO4 (thorite), tetragonal USiO4 (anhydrous coffinite), and monoclinic ThSiO4 (huttonite), thorite is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, USA Stephen B. Castor ) , Christopher D. Henry NeÕada...School of Mines, Mail Stop 178, Reno, NV 89557, USA Received 14 June 1999; accepted 24 September 1999...epithermal trace elements and contain uraninite, coffinite, chalcedony, opal, and numerous sulfides. At Virgin...trace elements; the mineral assemblage includes coffinite, opal, and numerous sulfides. Minor U occurrences...deposits in the Colorado Plateau, Wyoming, and Texas ĆœFinch, 1997.. However, U-rich rhyolite or ash was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the degree of solid solution between ThSiO4 and coffinite (USiO4), xenotime [(Y,HREE)PO4] and zircon (ZrSiO4)...found between thorite and xenotime, thorite and coffinite, and HREE-Y-bearing thorite and zircon (Pointer...and the Geochemical Society, Chantilly, Virginia, USA. Förster, H.-J. (1998) The chemical composition of...solutions in the system thorite-xenotimezircon-coffinite. Lithos, 88, 35–55. Förster, H.-J., Harlov, D...and the Geochemical Society, Chantilly, Virginia, USA. Hanchar, J.M., Finch, R.J., Hoskin, P.W.O., Watson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tation processes of zircon include xenotime, coffinite, and uraninite (e.g., Rubin et al. 1989; Förster...marbles of the marble–granitoid complex from the Sierra de Sumampa, Argentina, contain “strontiopyrochlore”...members of the system thorite–xenotime–zircon–coffinite. Lithos 88:35– 55 Förster H-J (2010) The late-Variscan...(Th–Nb) mineralization in marble and granitoids of Sierra de Sumampa, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Econ...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Amer Mineral 74:865– 869 Saminpanya
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chloride mineral frorn the 934 Mamrnothmine, Pinal County, Atizona, Dunn, P.J., C.A. Francis, R.A. Ramik'...crystallographlc from the Grants uraniun region, coffinite northwestern New Mexico, 263 Harris, C.: Oxygen-isotope...in the Potash Sulphur Sprlngs complex, Garland County, Arkansas, I32 Helffrich, G., B. hrood:Subregular...Hydrotherma1 zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas, 865 R u n n e 1 1 s ,D . D . : R e v...deformed durlng magmatic crystallization, western Sierra Nevada foothills, California, 101 Stamatakis, M
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by coupling the thorite substitution with the coffinite substitution U4+ + Th4+ ↔ 2Zr4+. Zircon crystals...monazite and Th-U silicate minerals (thorite or coffinite), and show complex chemical zoning (see BSE images...of Th-U silicate minerals such as thorite and coffinite (Fig. 2). Most of these textures were 32.69...there exists a combination of thorite-type and coffinite-type substitutions, U4+ + Th4+ ↔ 2Zr4+ (Fig. 6)...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. – Am. Mineral. 74: 865–869. RUBIN, J
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silts. The bulk of the mineralization consists of coffinite and/or uraninite nodules, growing around Co-rich...amounts of carnotite are associated with the coffinite ore and also occur beneath a paleosoil horizon...source of U and REE at Beverley. U-Pb dating of coffinite and carnotite suggest that the U mineralization...describing fine-grained uraninite (Haynes, 1975), coffinite and pyrite 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 839...Pyrite - marcasite Native copper Barite Carnotite Coffinite nodules WÜLSER ET AL. 35 - 10 - VV Gypsum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contents of U, Y, and the HREE. Metamict thorite–coffinite (Table 2, anal. 2) and thorite–zircon (Table 2...positions of each element and to identify overlapping peaks. Ka lines were used for P, Si, Fe, Ca, and F, La...(1958): Cerite from Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, California. Am. Mineral. 43, 460-475. COCHERIE...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Am. Mineral. 74, 865-869. WARD, C.D
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uraninite, hematite, dolomite, Th/U = 0.05. chlorite, coffinite, quartz, galena, pyrite, Cu sulfides Several examples...martite, talc. Late U alteration: uraninite, coffinite, calcite, dolomite, biotite, Fe oxides, epidote...calcite, Si, K, Rb, Sr (Brazil) and orthogneisses coffinite, apatite, Ti-silicates, loss; Na, Ca, plus mesocratic...quartz, chlorite, Fe–Cu–Pb–sulfides ± uraninite or coffinite similar to that described at Valhalla (Table 10;...Hydrothermal zircon and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Am Mineral 74:865–869 Russell JK, Stanley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solutions in the system thorite–xenotime–zircon–coffinite. Lithos 88, 35-55. Fedorowich, J., Richards, J...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. American Mineralogist 74, 865-869.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phases Xenotime is isostructural with zircon, coffinite and thorite (Vlasov, 1966, p. 230) and appears...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. American Mineralogist 74, 865—869. ...distribution in and Petrology 114, 550-556. the Sierra Nevada batholith, California, U.S.A. Gtochimica
Report (issue)
Photograph of the Mountain Pass Mine in San Bernardino County, California, which was the only active producer...of gravels in the Mother Lode gold belt of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Hydraulic mining uses high-pressure...Creek (Ottawa County) 6 Oklahoma OKD980629844 1900 n.a. 1967 9/8/1983 Cherokee County 7 Kansas...Madison County Mines 7 Missouri MOD098633415 1840 n.a. Historical 9/29/2003 Newton County Mine Tailings...Jefferson County Mining 7 Missouri MON000705443 1800 n.a. Historical 9/23/2009 Washington County Lead
Book (edition)
Zolensky: Lyndon Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. We also wish to acknowledge our present editor...Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL...and Transbaikalia, RusEthiopia; R., Birbir Leone; Sierra Anduo, Tibet, China; Guma Water, R., Lee Australia;...Canada; Nizhni Tagil, Ural Mts., Russia; Guma Water, Sierra Leone; Yubdo, Ethiopia. BM CM 12:21(1973), AM ...(381); Venezuela (333); Guinea (135); Liberia (100); Sierra Leone (78). Localities: In addition to these producing
Book
Truran, Jr. and A. Heger University of Chicago, IL, USA 1.01.1 INTRODUCTION 1.01.2 ABUNDANCES AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS...at the position of 56Fe; and (iv) the abundance peaks in the region past iron at the neutron closed shell...K. Zinner Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA 1.02.1 INTRODUCTION 1.02.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND...P. Boss Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA 1.04.1 INTRODUCTION 1.04.2 FORMATION OF THE SOLAR...rate of about a solar mass per 100 Myr to episodic peaks a factor of 1,000 or more times higher during FU
 
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