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Arrangements for your republication of this document in whole or in part should be made with the author and the organization he represents, - 2 - AEC, Oak Ridge, Tenn,-W47139 - 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS I Abstract 7 Introduction and Acknowledgments 7 Explanations of Data 8 UTAH AREAS San Rafael Swell Region Temple Mountain including 10 Fumerole #2 at 11 Flouover11 10 Flat Top Mesa (Shinarump.Mesa) Claims on North Side of Mesa 10 Dripping Springs Wild Horse Claims 12 Wild Horse #32 12 Green Vein Mesa Green Vein #5 Claim 12 Consolidated Mine 13 Pay Day Mine 14 Original Green Vein !.fine 14 Hertz #1 Claim 14 Dolly Mine 14 Muddy River Area Dirty Devil #1 and #2 Claims 15 Dirty Devil #3 and #4 Claims 15 Dirty DeVil #6 Hine 15 Delta Group Hine 15 11 Red Valleyn Lucky Strike Hine 16 Claim immediately west of Lucky Strike Hine 17 Calf Hesa Dexter Claims and Lone Tree Claim 17 Dexter #7 Claim 17 l'ihi te Canyon Region White Canyon Happy Jack Hine 18 Sunrise Claim 20 Gonway Claim 20 Four Aces Claim 20 Jo Mac :tUne 20 lihi te Canyon #1 and #2 Mines 21 - 4- Page Jacob•s Chair Claims 22 Bell Mine 22 Yellovl John Mine 22 Frey Canyon Frey #4 !.fine 22 Deer Flats Hide-out Claim 23 W. N. Claim 24 Dead Bucl<:: Claim 24 Elk Ridge The Notch #l 24 The Notch #5 25 Coral Claim 25 \vooden Shoe Claim 25 Red Canyon Markie Claim 25 Bishon Claim 25 Posey- Group !.fine 26 Jerry Group Claim 26 Inter River Region Bow Knot Area on Green River Denise #l Mine 26 Aileen Claims 27 Colorado River Riggs Claims 27 Sevastopol Claims 27 Other ~Localities Butler -~lash 27 Bonnie Bell Claims 27 Charles T. #2 Claim 27 Oyler Tunnel Claim 27 Poison Spring Canyon 28 Richardson, N. E. of Moab 28 Seven Mile Canyon Shinarump #l and #3 Mines 29 Moab Region Big Indian \'lash Mi Vida 29 School Section #2 30 Indian Creek Cutler Claim 30 Cottonwood Creek 30 - 5 - Silver Reef Chloride Chief Mine 30 Trader Smith 1 s Claims 31 £1arysvale Prospector, Bullion Honarch, Freedom #2 and Buddy Hines 31 ARIZONA AREAS Honument Valley Monument Valley #2 Mine 32 Garnet Ridge 33 Jack Claim 33 Tuba City Hosteen Nez Claim 33 Cameron Huscon #5 Claim and Arro'lv Head #1, #3, and #7 Nines 33 Holbrook Ruth Group 34 Six Miles North of Holbrook 34 Hunt Stinking Springs 34 Hack Canyon Hack Canyon Mine 34 Vermillion Cliffs Cliff Canyon Claim 35 Lukachukai Area Nesa l 35 Hesa 5 36 Cove Nesa 36 Carrizo Mountains Syracuse Group 36 King Tut 36 COLORADO ABEAS Calamity Hesa Small Snot Nine 36 Placerville - Black King (Chinle) #5 Claim 36 - 6 - NE\1 l'-1EXI CO AREAS ' Claims Northvrest of Grants (Todllto formation) 37 Near Grants, north of Todllto Silver Spur Mine 38 Polson Canyon lUne 38 Laguna Jack Pile lUne 39 Woodro1-r Claim 11 Brecc1a" Pipe 39 Near Gallup Desant11Une 39 Appendix 40-48 ) - 7- ABSTRACT This interim report describes the essential mineral associations in uranium deposits, most of which were examined by us during several field seasons. The listings of identifications and occurrences of the minerals make a comparison of the deposits and districts possible and profitable. The pattern of associations and parageneses shows the great similarity of the deposits, notwithstanding the preponderance of vanadium-bearing minerals in one category and sulfides in another. Most deposits listed are in the Shinarump (this in­ cludes such new designations as Mossback, Monitor Butte and others), and Chinle formations. In Ne~r Mexico the described deposits are in the Todilto and Morrison forma­ tions. "Black ores 11 , that is unoxidized ones, have become very important lately. They contain uraninite----the term pitchblende being more or less synonymous with it should be dropped----and coffinite, a still problematic black mineral of uranium. The wor~ 11 unoxidized" as used here is not synonymous 'Vri th hydrothermal as some geologists interpret it. It simply means that carbonaceous matter and iron sulfides in the ore reduced the uranium or kept it reduced during deposition. This reduction could have occurred at any stage of geologic history regardless of whether uranium was of a syngenetic origin or was contributed by solutions of magmatic origin. INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Our annual report, Part III, July 1, 1951, to June 30, 1952 (RM0-566) was a compilation of mineral associations in the uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau and adjacent regions with special reference to the Triassic formations. We have continued our field and laboratory work and, therefore, have been able to expand our compilation considerably. A number of corrections of the old renort have been made and minerals listed as ilunknownn at that time have been in nart correlated with known species. Some doubt still exists~ about some uranium sulfates, which have been designated as meta­ zippeite I and II. Some unknowns still remain. These are mostly yelloi•l in color and give X-r·ay patterns and optical properties different from recognized species. - 8 - Suggestions by Dr. and Mrs. Clifford Frondel have been of considerable value in classifying some of the minerals. The Trace Elements Laboratory of the United States Geologi- cal Survey has also been of aid in some of the identifications. Where this laboratory's identifications of important findings were reported earlier than ours it is mentioned in these pages. We enjoyed the full cooperation of Dr. Phillip L. Merritt and many other members of the Division of Raw 1-l:aterials of the Atomic Energy Commission during this work. The personnel at Grand Junction, Colorado, especially Drs. Abraham Rosen­ zweig and c. A. F~sor and Messrs. R. A. Laverty and E. B. Gross have aided us in every possible manner. Many mine operators and foremen have pointed out interesting occurrences to us. F~LANATIONS OF DATA The data are arranged by areas where this is possible. Plus signs are used to designate relative~y important amounts of the mineral. A minus sign indicates small to very small amounts of the species in the deposit. No sign means the amounts cannot be estimated. These estimates ~ in n£ way gu indication of the grade Q! total quantity of ~ in ~ ~ or urosuect. A auestion mark after the name indicates in­ complete information, usually on account of difficulty of verification by reliable tests on microscopic amounts. Several unknown U-minerals are listed on the basis of their unidentified X-ray patterns and optical properties. Since some of these occur in a number of localities, the X-ray pattern of only one of each has been listed in the appendix. These specimens are starred under locality and in the auuendix for easier reference. Unfiltered Fe radia­ tion was-used for X-raying. Camera radius- 57.3 mm. Asphaltite, also called thucholite by some investigators, is a carbonaceous material which is different from material that contains identifiable plant structures. It contains U as uraninite in microscopic amounts. If uraninite is submicro­ scopic or has not been identified as this mineral, the tables just state that U is "high11 in this organic material. There are, of course, numerous llcommon 11 minerals present, like quartz, goethite, hematite, different carbonates, and heavy residuals that are found in all clastic formations. These are not listed. Gypsum while nearly ah;ays present has been mentioned only in some places where it was conspicuous in its associations. - 9 - An appendix has been added to this report ~vhich gives optical data as well as partial powder X-ray patterns for the unkno~m minerals. It is hoped that any person who has previously identified one of these species will let us share in his knov1ledge. The numbers after the specimens are our o~ AE numbers and are given to help to locate a particular specimen where several similar ones were collected from the same locality. - 10 - S.AN RAFAEL ON, UTAH TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH South, Middle and North workings have the same mineralization. Most in Shinarump Conglomerate, some in Wingate Sandstone. uraninite in asphaltite - 397 & others zeunerite or torbernite - 408 metatorbernite - 76A carnotite +++ many places carnotite & tyuyamunite (in Wingate) 654 metatyuyamunite (reported by U.s.G.S.) rauvite - 657 uvanite (reported by u.s.G.s.) corvusite - 667 montroseite (in Vanadium King #1) (reported by U.s.G.S.) metahewettite pyrite ++ 424 & many others COVelli te - 'l bornite - ? sphalerite (in Vanadium King #1) - 423,641 galena (in Vanadium King #1) - 641 realgar (in asphaltite and wood) - 75,396,397 sulfur (in carbonized wood, Camp Bird Mine) - 406 unknown, no U, but V, orange red coating- 660,638~ brochantite (middle workings) - - 11- TEMPLE l40UNTAIN (con t I d.
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