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Uraninite from
Whirlwind Mine, Monitor Butte, 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 Whirlwind Mine, Monitor Butte, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:511892
Long-form Identifier:1:3:511892:2
GUID (UUID V4):225eac51-0d7b-4c06-834b-4ca8b65127b5
Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite
22.3km (13.9 miles) Edward R. Osterndorff occurrence, San Juan County, Utah, USA
23.9km (14.9 miles) Taylor Reid Nos. 1 & 2, San Juan County, Utah, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) Oljeta Mine, Holiday Mesa, San Juan County, Utah, USA
24.2km (15.1 miles) Holiday Mesa, San Juan County, Utah, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) Mitten No. 1 Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Fern No. 1 Mine (Fern #1 Mine), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) Skyline Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) Twilight No. 1 (Twilight #1), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) Tract No. 17 (Tract 17; Tract 17-TZM), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) Starlight Mine (Starlight No. 3 Mine; East Starlight), Boot Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, 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....replacement at the Whirlwind mine .. ..... . .. ._ .. FIGURE 10. Index map of Utah showing the Monument...Holiday Mesa..... ......_ . ............ 15. Whirlwind channel .... _... . ...._... . .. ... 119 120........._..... 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ELK RIDGE-WHITE CANYON CHANNEL SYSTEM, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH' ITS EFFECT ON URANIUM DISTRIBUTION HENRY...Reconnaissance in the White Canyon district, San Juan County, Utah, indicates that rocks of the Shinarump member...part of the White Canyonmining district, San Juan County,Utah (Fig. 1). It extendsfrom Elk Ridge on the...Canyonchannel system,White Canyondistrict, San Juan County, Utah. BLK RIDGB-I4•HITI• C,4NYON CH,4NNI•L...commonlyrelatively unoxidized and are composedof uraninite,bornite, chalcopyrite,chalcocite,covellite, pyrite
Report (volume)
Triassic unconformity. In northeastern Arizona, eastern Utah, and western Colorado three mineral belts have been...belt. The chief unoxidized uranium minerals, uraninite and coffinite, and the oxidized uranium minerals...in the principal uranium-producing districts of Utah, Arizona, and Colorado, all in the Colorado Plateau...Monument Valley, White Canyon, the Circle Cliffs, the San Rafael Swell, and Sevenmile Canyon. Credit for the...the Morrison formation near Roc Creek in Montrose County, Colo., in 1898, and in the early 1900's carnotite
Report (volume)
member____________________________________ Monitor Butte member_________________________________ Petrified...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
Report (volume)
Monticello, White Canyon, and Monument Valley Districts . Utah and Arizona By H. S. JOHNSON, JR., and WILLIAM THORDARSON...Shinarump Member..________________________________ Monitor Butte Member.___________ ____.---__._____ Moss Back...Member..-_________-_---___---____---_---_-____ Monitor Butte Member______________--_______----_-__.____ Moss...Page -v -* :» FIGUBE 1. Index map of parts of Utah and Arizona showing location of Moab, Monticello...in ore deposits of the Monument Valley district, Utah and Arizona________________ 3. Map showing Cu:UsOg
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 (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 ..-.- ...................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
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 (issue)
Selected Mining Districts of Utah by Carl L. Ege Headframe of Centennial Eureka mine, Tintic mining district...MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION 05-5 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY a division of 2005 Utah Department of Natural Resources...Resources STATE OF UTAH Jon Huntsman, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Michael Styler, Executive...Executive Director UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Richard G. Allis, Director PUBLICATIONS contact Natural Resources...toll-free: 1-888-UTAH MAP website: http://mapstore.utah.gov email: geostore@utah.gov THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Journal (issue)
Pueblos; Buffalo Dance at Taos Pueblo; Eagle Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo; Three Kings' Day or "Old Christmas"...Civic Center. January 23 — Fiesta and Buffalo Dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. January 26-27 — Southeastern...in a Desert Garden By RUTH REYNOLDS Geysers of Whirlwind Valley 3 4 9 11 15 By NELL MURBARGER 17 NATURE...Excelsior Mountains. In the valley below (right of butte) lies the old town of Sodaville on Highway 95, once...compared well with the colorful jaspers of eastern Utah. We also found small amounts of patterned and mossy
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)
described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr...Harris, H. B. trolled: Braunstein, J., 3. Escambia County: Cagle, J. W. ,Jr. Pollard field: Jones, W. B.
Report (volume)
University Research Studies Geology Series. Provo, Utah. British Columbia Dept. Mines Ann. Rept.-British...Bulletin; Mineral Information Service; Special Report. San Francisco, Calif. Calif. Jour. Mines and Geology-California...Mines and Geology. San Francisco, Calif. Calif. Oil Fields-California Oil Fields. San Francisco, Calif...Proceedings. Denver, Colo. Compass-The Compass. Provo, Utah. Condor-The Condor. Berkeley, Calif. Copeia. Ann...Rica Instituto Geografi.co Informe Trim estral. San Jose. Cushman Found. Foram. Research Contr.-Cushman
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Volume Fourteen, Number Three Articles Across the San Juan Mountains ........................................157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................ineralogical Research Co., 704 Charcot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. Affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy...Nye Counties), Utah (Beaver, Iron and Washington Counties) and Arizona (Mojave County). This region is
Report (volume)
cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Proceedings, 4th series, vols. 23, no. 41; 25, nos. 16-18. San Francisco, Calif. California Department of Natural...137; 138; Information Circulars nos. 1-3, 12-33. San Francisco, Calif. California Department of Public...42; 43, nos. 1, 2. San Francisco, Calif. California Oil Fields vols. 31, 32. San Francisco, Calif. California...Abstracts nos. 5, 6. Bethlehem, Pa. Los Angeles County Museum: Publications nos. 4-7; Quarterly vol. 6
Journal (issue)
Repairing by Goodyear System. 17 N. WYOMING BUTTE, MONT. ST. BUTTE MONTANA I * * BUY A UNION HAT— $2.00—...Best Brewed in Butte —None But Union Labor Employed On Draught at PATRONIZE OUR BUTTE, MONTANA, ADVERTISERS...year. by a vote of 22,500 is still on at Alta, Utah. ^TAY AWAY FROM PORCUPINE, TAY AWAY FROM BINGHAM...Federation of Miners'. STRIKE AGAINST THE SCRANTON MINE THE ON AT THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT. IS STILL...working at Britannia Beach have withdrawn tnem The mine and the tunnel camps are now practically deserted
Report (volume)
250-12,460 ft, sec. 14, T. 45 S., R. 27 E., Lee County, Fla. Named for the nearby Able Canal. The Able...H-20, northwest of Wattsville, northern Accomack County, Va. Reference sections: facies E and F, sand pits...Wattsville, Persimmon Point, and Accomack, Accomack County, Va. The informal Accomack beds of Mixon and others...and west of the Ames Ridge shoreline in Accomack County, Va., and are well developed from Wallops Station...Turnpike exchange, Annandale quadrangle, Fairfax County, Va. The Accotink Schist, here named, is the lower
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, K orea...........................................20715 COVER: WULFENITE with mimetitefrom the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large...and Marge Tatum (El Paso, TX) Australian Imports (San Diego, CA) Baltimore Mineral Society (Baltimore,...Tom Daugherty (Covington, KY) Dawson’s Minerals (San Marcos, CA) D yck’s Minerals (Mililani, HA) Mercedes...Mathiasen Minerals (Fremont, CA) A. L. McGuinness (San Mateo, CA) Thomas N. McKee, Arizona Turquoise and
Report (issue)
tuffs and lava flows in the Mount Belknap caldera, Utah. USGS Research on Mineral Resources-1987 Program...southeastern Nevada (H. Richard Blank) Central San Juan caldera cluster, Colorado-New stratigraphic and...Co-Cu lodes in the Blackbird mining district, Lemhi County, Idaho (J. Thomas Nash and Gregory A. Hahn) Some...lithium enrichment in the Popotosa Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico 4. Hearn, P. P., Jr., Sutter, J. F...fluids and massive sulfide chimneys from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge 8. Chaffee, M. A., Chemical zoning
Journal (volume)
11 , No. 1 000ook 1st. 1899. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 15, 1909 11 SINGLE COPY, 15 CENTS 10 Association...WILFLEY GOES ON FOREVER The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH 2. THE MINING REVIEW ..., SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH , APRIL 15 , 1909 . Alamo Gasoline Hoists ed IN the latter part of...NO. F. C. Richmond Machinery Co. Salt Lake City, Utah General Sales Agency CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL CO....STEAM PUMPS STEAM HOISTS NISSEN STAMPS BOILERS, MINE , MILL AND SMELTER SUPPLIES AND FAIRBANKS STANDARD
Report (volume)
are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept...Rept. Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin; County Report; Information Series; Map; Museum Papers; Special...Astronomical Society of the Pacific Publications. San Francisco, Calif. Atlantic Naturalist. Washington
Report (issue)
del Servicio geologico nacional r de El Salvador. San Salvador. Texas Univ. Bur. Econ. Geology Pub. The...M[aurice}. Graphique de calcul des ages apparent , des mine"raux par la me'thode plomb-alpha [Qraph for calculation...Arnold. L'Uraninite de Grabo (C6te d'lvoire) [The uraninite from Grabo (Ivory Coast)] : Soc. G6ol. France...1956. i A description of some detail^ of the uraninite occurrence in pegmatite near Grabo on the Ivory...confirmed by dating the zircon associated with the uraninite. D. B.V. 167-22. Bernazeaud, Jacques; Grimbert
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, Korea ........................................... COVER: WULFENITE with mimetite from the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large...and Marge Tatum (El Paso, TX) Australian lmpons (San Diego. CA) Baltimore Mineral Society (Baltimore....Tom Daugheny (Covington. KY) Dawson's Minerals (San Marcos, CA) Dyck's Minerals (Mililani, HA) Mercedes...Mathiasen Minerals (Fremont, CA) A. L. McGuinness (San Mateo. CA) Thomas N. McKee, Ari-1:.ona Turquoise
Report (issue)
............. Tintic and East Tintic districts, Utah ...................... Gilman (Red Cliff) district......................................... Getchell mine area (Potosi district) ................ Gilbert.................................................. Utah ..................................................................... San Francisco district and vicinity .................... San Rafael Swell area ............................................ Howell mine area ..........................................
Report (issue)
FEDERATION RWANDA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SAN MARINO SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA.........................................59 3.3.4. Mine data .............................................Lake in 2014, and China (+95%). Production from the USA decreased by 50% in 2015. In 2014, production fell...Rössing in Namibia and the closure of the Kayelekera mine in Malawi as a result of low prevailing uranium...Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Canada USA Kazakhstan Germany Australia Russian Federation South
 
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