Monument No. 1 Mine

The Monument No. 1 Mine is a vanadium mine located in Navajo county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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

Name: Monument No. 1 Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Navajo

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Vanadium

Lat, Long: 36.94833, -110.22972

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Monument No. 1 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Monument No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Mitten No. 2
Secondary: Monument No. 1 Annex
Secondary: Mitchell Mesa


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Uranium
Tertiary: 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Unoxidized Core Surrounded By Oxidized Mineralization


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 10 MR/HR MAXIMUM OR 0.25% TO 0.5% U
Analytical Data: V:U=2.5:1


Materials

Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Zippeite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): COPPER MINERALS COMMON IN MONUMENT NO. 1 WORKINGS, ABSENT IN MITTEN NO. 2 WORKINGS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME MINERALIZATION REMAINS, BUT TOO SMALL TO JUSTIFY FURTHER EXPLORATION.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF VANADIUM ORE IN 1942-1944. PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS 1952-1956.

Comment (Development): MINED 1942-1950 BY VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORDS M003052 AND D000326 WITH RECORD M030465 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000326 OF R.U. KING WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U., 1974, UNPUB. DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): REINHARDT, 1951; KEITH, 1970, P. 216.

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

Reference (Deposit): REINHARDT, 1951, USAEC RMO 624.

Reference (Deposit): WITKIND, 1961, USGS BULL 1107-C.

Reference (Deposit): WITKIND & THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL 1103.


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