Navajoite from
Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache County, Arizona, USA
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Navajoite | |
| Formula: | Fe3+V95+O24 · 12H2O | |
| Comments: | Occurs as silky to fibrous, minute columns normal to fracture surfaces in channel fillings in Shinarump Conglomerate with secondary U-V minerals. | |
| Colour: | Dark brown | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |
| References | ||
| References: | Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 311; Witkind, I.J. & R.E. Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ: 115, 117; Finnell, T.L. (1957), Structural control of uranium ore at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., AZ, Econ.Geol.: 52: 25-35; Young, R.G. (1964), Distribution of uranium deposits in the White Canyon-Monument Valley district, UT-AZ, Econ.Geol.: 59: 850-973; Weeks, A.D., et al (1955), Navajoite, a new vanadium oxide from AZ, Am.Min.: 40: 207-212; Weeks, A.D., et al (1954), Navajoite, a new vanadium oxide from AZ, Science: 119: 326; Ross, M. (1959), Mineralogical applications of electron diffraction.II. Studies of some vanadium minerals of the Colorado Plateau, Am.Min.: 44: 322-341; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 34. | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Steigerite | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Navajoite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache County, Arizona, USA | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Navajoite | ||
| 33.2km (20.6 miles) | ⓘMitten No. 1 Mine, Oljeto Mesa, Goulding, San Juan Co., Utah, USA | |