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
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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