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Jack Brodie channel (Brodie Nos. 4 & 5; Channel No. 55), Navajo County, Arizona, USAi
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Jack Brodie channel (Brodie Nos. 4 & 5; Channel No. 55)Channel
Navajo CountyCounty
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 51' 4'' North , 110° 4' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.85111,-110.06917
GRN:
N25W64
Type:
Channel
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Oljato-Monument Valley154 (2017)18.6km
Dennehotso746 (2011)19.8km
Kayenta5,189 (2011)21.5km
Oljato-Monument Valley674 (2016)25.7km
Halchita266 (2011)34.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
50685
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:50685:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Jack Brodie paleochannel


An U-Cu occurrence located in the center sec. 21, T40N, R21E, G&SRM (Agathla Peak 15 minute topo map). Claim owned by R.C. Cutter, Grand Junction, Colorado. Two names by different US government agencies: Jack Brodie channel (USGS) and Brodie Nos. 4 & 5 (US Atomic Energy Commission).

Mineralization is an U-Cu deposit hosted in a paleochannel that trends N85E at 150 feet wide and 20 feet deep, comprised of medium-grained, lenticular sandstone. Mineralization also includes unspecified secondary copper minerals.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘCarnotite ?4.HB.05K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Unclassified
ⓘ'Petrified Wood'-

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
KPotassium
Kⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
VVanadium
Vⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
UUranium
Uⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

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References

Witkind, I.J. & Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 73 & 75 (Table 1).
Niemuth, Nyal J.; Phillips, Ken A. (1992, July) Copper Oxide Resources. Open-file Report 92-10. Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resourcesp.11 - Table 1
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