The Daylight Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Navajo county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,180 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,180 Feet (1,579 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.94667, -110.28111
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Daylight Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daylight Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Navajo
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: LENTICULAR ORE PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ESTIMATED
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES FOUND
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS REPORT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE-ENTIRE MONUMENT VALLEY MINING DISTRICT. DAYLIGHT MINE BEING ONE OF MANY MINES THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, H.S., 1966, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE MOAB, MONTICELLO, WHITE CANYON AND MONUMENT VALLEY DISTRICTS, UTAH AND ARIZONA, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1222-H, 53 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182,P. 235-248.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH,W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139
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