Ridenour Mine, Prospect Canyon Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ridenour Mine | Mine |
| Prospect Canyon Mining District | Mining District |
| Coconino County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 6' 0'' North , 113° 10' 26'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Supai | 208 (2017) | 46.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
53340
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:53340:4
GUID (UUID V4):
08d2dbf3-c266-49ce-bc02-229cd0a51116
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Ridenaur Mine; Grand Canyon Mine
A Cu-U-V occurrence/mine located in the SE¼SE¼ sec. 6, T31N, R8W, G&SRM, about 14 miles SW of Mohawk Canyon, 2 miles SE of the Colorado River, on National Recreation area land. Operators included the Coconino Copper Co.; W.R. Ridenhour; Ashcroft Mining; and W.R. Kayser. First year of modern operation was 1913 and the last was 1966.
Mineralization includes primary and secondary copper minerals in an ore body that is hosted in Late Permian mudstone and sandstone of the Esplanade Series of the Supai Formation, and is a truncated cone. The sandstone is bleached, mudstone is altered to green-grey color. Ore is controlled by shears and fractures following a semi-circular course. U and V occur in thin crusts around Cu ore bodies. Local rocks include Permian to Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks.
Uranium mineralization is associated with copper carbonates, silicates and sulfides in collapsed, fractured and bleached Supai Formation rocks. An inferred, pipe-like body occurs in the formation. Carnotite is associated with carbon. Thin coatings of metatyuyamunite on stope faces where groundwater seeps, illustrates surface concentration of uranium minerals by evaporation of mine water. Abundant volborthite. Radiation level is 300x background.
Workings include underground openings comprised of an inclined shaft. The overall depth is 24.38 meters.
Production was 14 tons of ore @ 0.15% U3O8; 2.38% V2O5 (1962). Mining began in 1870 and 1,000 tons of Cu were produced during the period 1915-1916.
Production statistics: Year: 1918 (period = 1916-1918 (estimate): Cu @ 15 weight percent.
Analysis test results: As high as 1.76% e U3O8; 2.11% U3O8; 10.83% V2O5; 14.15% Cu, and a trace of Co.
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14 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 References: |
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ Bromargyrite Formula: AgBr |
| ⓘ Carnotite Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Metatyuyamunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ Naumannite Formula: Ag2Se |
| ⓘ Tangeite Formula: CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ Tyuyamunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| ⓘ Vésigniéite Formula: BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Volborthite Formula: Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Naumannite | 2.BA.55 | Ag2Se |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Bromargyrite | 3.AA.15 | AgBr |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Carnotite | 4.HB.05 | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Metatyuyamunite | 4.HB.25 | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Tyuyamunite | 4.HB.25 | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Tangeite | 8.BH.35 | CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Vésigniéite | 8.BH.45 | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Volborthite | 8.FD.05 | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| H | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| H | ⓘ Tangeite | CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| O | ⓘ Tangeite | CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Tangeite | CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| V | ⓘ Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| V | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| V | ⓘ Tangeite | CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
| V | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| V | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tangeite | CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
| Cu | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Se | Selenium | |
| Se | ⓘ Naumannite | Ag2Se |
| Br | Bromine | |
| Br | ⓘ Bromargyrite | AgBr |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Bromargyrite | AgBr |
| Ag | ⓘ Naumannite | Ag2Se |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| U | ⓘ Metatyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
| U | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
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