Mitchell Mesa Prospects

The Mitchell Mesa Prospects is a vanadium, uranium, and copper mine located in Navajo county, Arizona.

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

Name: Mitchell Mesa Prospects  

State:  Arizona

County:  Navajo

Elevation:

Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium, Copper

Lat, Long: 36.96667, -110.11667

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Mitchell Mesa Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mitchell Mesa Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum


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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: CHANNEL FILL


Structure

Type: R
Description: On Crest Of Unnamed Anticline, Strata Are Horizontal


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE: 0.59% EU AND 0.71%


Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION AND AVERAGE GRADE LOW

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE 3 CHANNELS, STRIKE IS GIVEN FOR MAIN ONE.

Comment (Geology): SHINARUMP MEMBER IS ABOUT 50 FT THICK ON MESA AND IS COMPOSED OF COARSE-GRAINED SANDSTONES IN CHANNELS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESOURCES ESTIMATED

Comment (Location): NORTH CENTRAL PART OF MONUMENT AREA. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)


References

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1970, P. 215

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1970, ABM BULL 182.

Reference (Deposit): WITKIND AND THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL 1103, P. 136-139.


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