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Tom Joe No. 7 (Snake Point Mine), Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USAi
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Tom Joe No. 7 (Snake Point Mine)Mine
Lukachukai Mining DistrictMining District
Lukachukai MountainsMountain Range
Apache CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° North , 109° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
GRN:
N25W63
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Mindat Locality ID:
310484
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:310484:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Tom Joe #7


An U-V occurrence located in approximate secs. 1, 2, 12 & 13, T36N, R28E, G&SRM. This mine is not listed in the USGS MRDS database.

Mineralization is an U-V deposit hosted in the basal Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation, about 75 feet from surface. The ore body contains tyuyamunite and averages 3 feet thick.

Workings include 8 drill holes.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘTyuyamunite4.HB.25Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
VVanadium
Vⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
UUranium
Uⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

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North America PlateTectonic Plate
USA

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References

U.S. Department of Energy files.
USGS Los Gigantes Buttes, Arizona, quadrangle 15 minute topo map.
Shiprock NTMS.
Scarborough, Robert B. (1981), Radioactive occurrences and uranium production in Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Report for U.S. Department of Energy (Atomic Energy Commission), GJBX-143. RME-2071: 130.
Welty, J.W., Reynolds, S.J., Keith, S.B., Gest, D.E., Trapp, R.A., and DeWitt, Ed (1985) Mine index for metallic mineral districts of Arizona: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Bulletin 196, 92 p.: 4. (district assignment)
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