The Cato Sells Monument Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Apache county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 36.92639, -109.88806
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Cato Sells Monument Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cato Sells Monument Mine
Secondary: Cato Sells Tract 1 and 2
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Apache
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: -1967
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.24%U3o8
Year: 1951
Time Period: -1951
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.1%U3o8
Year: 1951
Time Period: -1951
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.25%U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR MASSES, TABULAR LENSES, RODS (CYLINDRICAL LOG LIKE MASSES) AND ROLLS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: V: U RATIO IS 5:1
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM RECORD M030423 FROM MOLYBDENUM FILE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ITEMS NO. 8 & 9 CONTAIN 1.5% V2O5 & 0.75% V2O5, RESPECTIVELY. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR ITEMS 8, 9, & 10 INCLUDE ADJOINING MONUMENT #2 MINE.
Comment (Deposit): NO URANIUM MINERALS HAVE BEEN FOUND HIGHER THAN 20 FT. ABOVE THE BASE OF THE CHANNELS, AND THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS ARE IN THE LOWER 5 FT. OF THE MORE CARBONACEOUS SEDIMENTS.
Comment (Workings): FIGURES REPRESENT ONLY TWO OF THE MANY DEPOSITS BEING WORKED ON THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS FOR 7 FT. INTO PERMIAN DECHELLY SANDSTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): REINHARDT, E.V., 1951, RECONNAISSANCE TRIP TO MONUMENT VALLEY, U.S.A.E.L. RMO NO. 624
Reference (Deposit): RIDGE, J.D., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, VOL. 1, P. 799-803
Reference (Deposit): BAIN, G.W., 1952, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO PLATEAU, USAEL RMO NO. 982
Reference (Deposit): WITKIND & THADEN, 1963, USGS BULL. 1103
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