Valley View and Yarnell Group

The Valley View and Yarnell Group is a uranium mine located in Apache county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,520 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

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Site Name

Primary: Valley View and Yarnell Group
Secondary: Prieta Chinda
Secondary: Manganese Developement Co.
Secondary: Wheeler Claims
Secondary: Valley View Vein.

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Apache
District: Lukachukai District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR MASSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS REPORT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE LUKACHUKAI MINING DISTRICT. MINE NO. 10 MESA 1 BEING ONE OF MANY MINES THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. (UTM COORDINATES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL MINE OR PROSPECT.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): 16 MILES SE OF AGUILA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LIMITED RESOURCES

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED E.C. LANE, J. GENUNG. PROPERTY INCLUDES 6 CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALS OCCUR IN 4 VEINS. MAIN VALLEY VIEW VEIN IS FROM 1 TO 10 FT WIDE. THE ORE SHOOTS ARE 25 TO 100 FT LONG AND 1 TO 4 FT WIDE.

References

Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1967, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LUKACHUKAI MTNS., NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC., 18TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 78-84

Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC., 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 139

Reference (Deposit): USBM 1C 7843, 1958, P.18.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR PRIETA CHINDA FILE

Reference (Deposit): USBM-FILE DATA-CLUSTER NO 625-VALLEY VIEW AND YARNELL GROUPS.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182

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