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
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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