 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF GEOLOGISTS ß NOVEMBER, 1961 SANDSTONE-TYPE NEW URANIUM MEXICO--AN No. 7 DEPOSITS AT AMBROSIA...The Ambrosia Lake district in northwestern New Mexico is the most important uranium mining and milling...the United States is in McKinley and Valencia Countiesof northwesternNew Mexico. The Ambrosia Lake district...progressreportto outlinethe U.S. Geological SANDSTONE-TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS 1181 Survey's work in...COLORADO NEW MEXICO TEXAS MEXICO FIG. 1. Index map showingthe AmbrosiaLake district,New Mexico. Morrisonformation |  | | Report (issue) | | [2] X-ray Powder Pattern: Golden Cycle mine, Colorado, USA. 8.74 (100), 3.606 (28), 12.4 (18), 3.008...0.1 11.4 1.9 Total 100.1 99.5 (1) F-33 mine, New Mexico, USA; corresponds to Na1.90Ca0.46SrO.01V6.02016...02016 83.49H20. (2) Golden Cycle mine, Colorado, USA; corresponds to Na1.91CaO.38V 6.03°168 4.59H20. Occurrence:...vanadiferous In partially oxidized portions of sandstone seams and coalified wood in uranium deposits of...Colorado Plateau type. Association: Haggite, paramontroseite, corvusite, rauvite, hewettite, carnotite |  | | Report (issue) | | volume to a number of important conclusions, not all new, but certainly better founded than heretofore, concerning...____________ 3. Elemental composition of the sandstone-type deposits, by E. M. Shoemaker, A. T. Miesch...of the uranium deposit at the Happy Jack mine, San Juan County, Utah, by Albert F. Trites, Jr., Randall...localization and oxidation of ore at the Peanut mine, Montrose County, Colorado, by Carl H. Roach and Mary E....18. Geology and mineralogy of the J. J. mine, Montrose County, Colorado, by Donald P. Elston and Theodore |  | | Report (issue) | | vanadium oxide minerals, especially montroseite–paramontroseite. Twinning: Lamellar, on {100}, nearly universal...55(5)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Monument No. 2 mine, Arizona, USA. 4.70 (100), 3.83 (50), 2.45 (50), 3.16 (42)...(1) La Sal No. 2 mine, Colorado, USA; estimated about 50% montroseite–paramontroseite. (2) H8 V6 O16 ...surrounded by tyuyamunite-bearing sandstone (La Sal No. 2 mine, Colorado, USA). Association: Coffinite, uraninite...clausthalite, montroseite, paramontroseite, vanadium oxides. Distribution: In the USA, in Colorado, from the |  | | Report (issue) | | ore deposits of the Section 23 mine, Ambrosia lake district, New Mexico By H. C. Granger and E. S. Santos... ILLUSTRATIONS Page Figure 1. Map of northwestern New Mexico showing the location of the Grants mineral belt...ore at boundary between oxidized and unoxidized sandstone..............................29 12. Graph showing................................33 13. Sketch of mine wall at sample suite 40G62........................Cross section of the Homestake-Sapin Section 23 mine...........38 15. Change in uranium content of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER. 1957 Nos. 9 and 10 DOLORESITE, A NEW VANADIUM OXIDE MINERAL FROM THE COLORADO PLATEAU*...No. 2 mine at the head of Lumsden Canyon about 3! air miles southwest of Gateway, Mesa County, Colo.... At the La Sal No. 2 mine, doloresite occurs intimately associated with coffinite, U(SiOa)1-"(OH)r (Stiefi...Sherwood, 1956), and carbonaceousmatter. In this mine these minerals have formed several black concretionary...found in the central part of these masses.The sandstone immediately adjacent to this heavily mineralized |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1953) in the Montrose County sedimentary uranium deposits from the Colorado Plateau (USA). These minerals...minerals have been also found in the Tony-M deposit (USA, Wanty and Goldhaber 1985), in the Mounana sedimentary...A and a final alteration product which is paramontroseite VOO. The X-ray data of Weeks et al. (1953)...were sampled from a freshly exposed mine face in the Akouta mine (Niger) and immediately stored in Argon...few millimeters long, form aggregates in the sandstone pores. The crystals 439 t~ t~ O t¢'5 ,~" |  | Weeks, A. D., Lindberg, M. L., Truesdell, A. H., Meyrowitz, R. (1964) Grantsite, a new hydrated sodium calcium vanadate from New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. American Mineralogist, 49 (11-12) 1511-1526 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 11 and 12 GRANTSITE, A NEW HYDRATED SODIUM CALCIUM VANADATE FROM NEW MEXICO, COLORADO AND UTAH1 A. D...I ;, 5'.";.r*', su,Lev' AssrRA,cr Grantsite, a new mineral with the formula NaaCa,Va+:,V6+rr:-:,lOsu...F-33 mine, near Grants, New Mexico; in the Golden Cycle and ttre La Salle mines in Montrose County, Colorado;...Colorado; and in the Parco No. 23 mine, Grand County, Utah. All localities are in partly oxidized "corvusite-type"...vanadiferous uranium ores, one in limestone and three in sandstone. Grantsite forms dark olive green to greenish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | primary vanadium oxide concentrwt.ion in the sandstone in the presenrr of pyrite; an d t,he other occurs...and the U.S. Geologica, Survey, a large mass of new data aliti * Publication aut,horized by the Director...preparation by the U.S. Geological Survey. Meanwhile. the new intjerpretat8ion of t,he geologic hist’ory of the...has been the description and characterization of new mineral species and redetinit,ion of old species...compilation of t,he mineral species that form in the sandstone horizons. Witch the geologic and mineralogic background |  | | Report (volume) | | formation________________________________________ Sandstone units_ _ ______ ______________ _________________...____________ Relation of uranium deposits to sandstone lenses___ __________ ____ _ Relation of uranium...deposit____________________________________ Paramontroseite occurrence_____________________________________...part of Powder River Basin showing extent of red sandstone lenses and uranium localities in Wasatch formation...showing distribution and character of the "Brown" sandstone and the lithology of the "Brown" deposits. Page |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | compounds by air oxidation. It has been shown that paramontroseite (VO,) can only be formed through solid-state...Lignite from the Beulah-Zap Bed, Dakota Star mine, Miner County, N. Dak., containing 41.2 per cent moisture...found near Carlisle, Wyoming, and in McKinley County. New Mexico (M. E. MROSE and A. D. WEEKS, persona1...crystal chemical study of montroseite and paramontroseite. Amer. Mineral. 40, 861-875. HESS F. L. (1914)...637-646. WRIGHT R. J. (1950) Ore controls in sandstone uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau: Econ |  | | Report (issue) | | Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Eastside mines, New Mexico, USA. 9.43 (100), 3.108 (36), 4.70 (17), 2.257 (16)...45 4.28 Total 98.7 99.02 − (1) J.J. mine, Colorado, USA; H2 O 7.7% determined separately; corresponds...V12.00 O32 • 12.04H2 O. (2) Eastside mines, New Mexico, USA; H2 O− 7.52% determined separately; corresponds...Occurrence: In thin seams and veinlets through sandstone at the interface between partially oxidized and...Colorado Plateau-type U–V deposits. Association: Paramontroseite, simplotite, melanovanadite, sherwoodite, corvusite |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: West Sunday mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA. 10.01 (100), 8.44 (72), 8.09 (46)...1 27.73 100.01 (1) West Sunday mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA; electron microprobe analysis,...Occurrence: In efflorescencent crusts on mine walls and in fractures in sandstone, formed by the oxidation of m...munirite, paramontroseite, pascoite, sherwoodite, rakovanite. Distribution: At the West Sunday mine, Slick...Slick Rock district, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA. Name: Honors Professor Mickey Eugene Gunter (b. 1953) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lake District of the Grants Uranium Region, New Mexico NEIL S. FISHMAN,RICHARDL. REYNOLDS,AND JACQUESF...Smith Lake district of the Grantsuranium region, New Mexico, occur in sandstones in the lower part of the...the partly leachedprimary ores are sparsein the mine area; such recycled uranium appearsto represent...Ruby 1 deposit uranium region, San Juanbasin, New Mexico, occur (Ristorcelli, 1980) emphasizedthe grossspatial...LAKE DISTRICT, N.M. 1¾* 106 ø COLORADO SAN NEW MEXICO JUAN BASIN eralization(Lee andBrookins,1978 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | black vanadium oxide crystals obtained from a sandstone drill core taken near carlile, wyoming, were found...crystal structure analysis showed one phase to be a new mineral, haggite, having the following crystallographic...available a number of small crystals extracled from a sandstone matrix. X-ray patterns of these crystals revealedthe...in the NE+SE+ sec.27, T. 52 N., R' 66 W., Crook County, Wyoming. This horizon is in a highly mineralized...in a iater section.PhaseA is thus establishedas a new mineral species.In honor of ProfessorGunnar Hiigg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VOL. 43, JANUARY_FEBRUARY 1958 SIMPLOTITE, A NEW QUADRIVALENT VANADIUM MINERAL FROM THE COLORADO PLATEAUX...25, D. C. Assrnecr Simplotite, CaVaOs.5HzO, is a new calcium tetravanadite that has been found in five...aggregates of plates, coating fracture surfaces in sandstone impregnated by relatively unoxidized vanadium...A chemical analysis of material from the Peanut mine showed, in per cent: CaO, 11.6; YzOq,67.7; V:Ou...4[Ca%Oe.5H:O]; calculated specific gravity 2.65. The new mineral is named for J. R. Simplot of the J. R. Simplot |  | | Catalog/List | | COMPANY 2 Fl/R. ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~enish-gray to reddish-brown...crystalled on limonit'e ...................... . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela White to very pale...crystal groups on limonite .................. . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~lliant lime-yellow...on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEW ]\,IINERAL }trAlVIES Duttonite Duttonite, new M.qnv E. Tnolrnsox, Canr, H. RoAcR, eNo Rosnnr Movnowtrz...Movnowtrz, vanadium mineral from Peanut Mine, I\Iontrose County, Colorado. Sci.ence,l23'No. 3205, p. 990(19s6)...undescribed V oxide along fractures in ore-bearing sandstone. The crystals are six-sided platy crystals up...principal ore minerals of the mine include montroseite, paramontroseite, uraninite, coffinite, and vanadiferous... Paradamite Swrrznn, Paradamite, a new zinc arsenate from Mexico. Science, 123, No. Grorcr 3206,p.1039 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CRYSTAL CHEMICAL STUDY OF MONTROSEITE AND PARAMONTROSEITE* T. Evlxs, Jt., eNo M.q,nvE. Mnoso, U. S....host crystal, and is given the name "paramontroseite". Paramontroseite has a:4.89, b:9.39, and c:2.93 A....Pbnm. The structure of boti montroseite and paramontroseite has been completely refined by electron density...63 to 3.87 A., in going from montroseite to paramontroseite, indicating the loss of hydrogen during the...discovery, properties, and mode of occurrenceof a new mineral, montroseite, from the Colorado Plateaus |  | | Report (issue) | | of Dissolved Pree Oxygen During Formation of Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits by H. C. Granger and C...of Dissolved Free Oxygen during Formation of Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits by H. C. Granger and C....deposits from the Uravan Mineral Belt and other <sandstone-type uranium deposits may be the presence and...deposits. + Deposits in the Grants Mineral Btelt, NSW Mexico, and in the Shinarump and Mossback Members, and...solutions. Among these several varieties of sandstone-type uranium deposits, the Uravan deposits were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Smith Lake Districts, Grants Mineral Belt, New Mexico K. R. LUDWIG, K. R. SIMMONS, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...Smith Lake districts of the Grants mineral belt, New Mexico, uraniumorebodiesoccurin continentalsandstones...thoughsomeuraniumhasbeenproduced from the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone, which dis- conformablyoverliesthe Morrison Formation...discretetimes(Kelly are located in the San Juan basin of New Mexico, and Clinton, 1960). 0361-0128/84/277/322-1652...GRANTSMINERAL BELT, NEW MLXICO 323 troducedbefbre the Ut)per t_;retaceous Dakota Sandstone was depositedbut |  | | Report (issue) | | _ Madera Limestone._________________________ Sandstone and siltstone____________________ Rocks of Permian...Sonsela Sandstone Bed.___________ East side of the San Juan Basin __________ Agua Zarca Sandstone Member...Poleo Sandstone Lentil-.__________ Dockum Formation._______________________ Wingate Sandstone.________________________...Cretaceous age___ ______________________ Dakota Sandstone. __________-_-_-___-_-____ Mancos Shale______...Canyon Formation. ________________ Point Lookout Sandstone. ___________________ Menefee Formation. ________________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | shale member__________________________ Hulett sandstone member.___--____-___-_______-_--_--Lak member...-_____-_-----No. 1 sandstone._ ______________________-_----Interbedded sandstone and mudstone____________...mudstone____________ No. 2 sandstone-__---__-___________-_--_-----Minnewaste limestone member._____________________...onaceous interbedded siltstone and sandstone.-___ No. 5 sandstone and its fine-grained facies_______-_-_Variegated...mudstone__-----__-_________-_---------Interbedded sandstone and mudstone_______--__-__-_ Skull Creek shale |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CHAMBERLAIN 3140 CEC Center for Mineralogy New York State Museum Albany, New York 12230 sccham2@yahoo.com Downloaded...Vanadium Queen mine, La Sal Creek Canyon, and the Blue Cap mine, Lyon Canyon Creek, San Juan County, Utah. Crystals...corvusite-montrosite-bearing sandstone blocks. Although first discovered at the Vanadium Queen mine, better crystals...crystals were later found at the Blue Cap mine in the same stratigraphic horizon some distance to the east...magnesiopascoite, martyite, natrozippeite, navajoite, paramontroseite, pascoite, pyrite, rossite, selenium, sherwoodite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 270-284 Geochemistryof Vanadiumin an Epigenetic,Sandstone-Hosted Vanadium-UraniumDeposit, Henry Basin,Utah...of V+3in oxideminerals(e.g., montroseitc or paramontroseite) or chlorite.Uraniumwastransported asuranylion(U+6)... Methods and Materials Samplesfrom the Tony M mine (Fig. 3) were colzonesof abundantquartzovergrowths...esmetals. tablishedat eachof the threesamplesitesin the mine. Basedon this isotopicand mineralogicevidence, An...beenreferred to asmontroseitc(ideally(V, Fe)OOH) and paramontroseite (VO2) by previous workers (Weeks et al., 1950 |
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