The Alyce Tolino Mine is a uranium mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.85556, -111.35500
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Alyce Tolino Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alyce Tolino Mine
Secondary: Max Johnson No. 9
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS-LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Halo Of Jarosite, Hydrous Fe-Oxides, Sericitized Feldspars, And Increase In Traces Of Molybdenum Near Ore
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Umohoite
Ore: Zippeite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Ilsemannite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND TONS PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002678 WITH RECORD M030425 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000311 OF R.U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY OPEN PIT, WITH RANGES OF 10-125 FT STRIPPING. MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 140 FT. VERY FEW ADITS, SHAFTS, AND UNDERGROUND ROOMS.
Comment (Geology): A SERIES OF FLOWING SPRINGS ISSUE FROM BOTTOM OF MINE ALONG A FAULT LINE WHICH TRAVERSED THE PIT.
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1970, P. 221
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1970, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 182, P. 103-159, 202-289.
Reference (Deposit): BOLLIN & KERR, 1958, GUIDEBOOK FOR N. MEX. GEOL. SOC. 9TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 164-168.
Reference (Deposit): HINCKLEY, 1957, M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): ISACHSEN & EVENSEN, 1956, USGS PP 300, P. 263-280.
Reference (Deposit): HAMILTON, P., AND KERR, P., 1959, UMOHOITE FROM CAMERON, ARIZONA: AMERICA MINERALIZED.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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