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Mesa 5 Mine, White Ash Peak, Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USAi
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White Ash PeakPeak
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 32' 28'' North , 109° 14' 52'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.54111,-109.24802
GRN:
N25W63
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lukachukai1,701 (2011)13.9km
Round Rock789 (2011)20.4km
Tsaile1,205 (2011)26.6km
Sehili135 (2011)29.9km
Sanostee371 (2011)35.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
51917
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:51917:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Mesa No. 5 Mine; Mesa V Mine; Mesa V incline No. 2; Mesa V adit No. 1


A former U-V occurrence/mine located in approximate sec. 8, T36N, R29E, G&SRM, 2 miles E of White Ash Peak. Operated by Kerr McGee Corporation.

Mineralization is a U-V deposit with ore occurring as lenticular masses hosted in Late Jurassic mudstone and sandstone of the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation. The ore body is 1.52 meters thick and 12.19 meters long. Ore bodies occur in units showing most rapid variation in thickness. Disseminated tyuyamunite is scattered throughout the bottom of 1-5 feet of the Salt Wash sandstone, 65-95 feet above its base. Thin mudstone seams, mud galls, gypsum, and calcite are locally abundant. Ore bodies, cluster on several horizons, 1-5 feet thick and up to 40 feet long. Local rocks include rocks of the Glen Canyon Group.

Workings include underground openings comprised of room and pillar operations on 2 levels.

Analytical data results: 0.37-0.50% U3O8; 1.0-2.0% V2O5.

Production was 55,588 tons of ore @ 0.20% U3O8; 0.72% V2O5 (1960-1968). Some ore mined here is properly credited to Frank Jr. Mine.

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6 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Carnotite
Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
ⓘ Melanovanadite
Formula: Ca(V5+,V4+)4O10 · 5H2O
ⓘ Pascoite
Formula: Ca2Ca(V10O28) · 17H2O
ⓘ Pintadoite
Formula: Ca2(V2O7) · 9H2O
Description: Occurs in the Salt Wash member of the Morrison Formation.
ⓘ Tyuyamunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘCarnotite4.HB.05K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
ⓘTyuyamunite4.HB.25Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
ⓘPascoite4.HC.05Ca2Ca(V10O28) · 17H2O
ⓘMelanovanadite4.HE.05Ca(V5+,V4+)4O10 · 5H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘPintadoite8.FC.15Ca2(V2O7) · 9H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Hⓘ MelanovanaditeCa(V5+,V4+)4O10 · 5H2O
Hⓘ PascoiteCa2Ca(V10O28) · 17H2O
Hⓘ PintadoiteCa2(V2O7) · 9H2O
Hⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ MelanovanaditeCa(V5+,V4+)4O10 · 5H2O
Oⓘ PascoiteCa2Ca(V10O28) · 17H2O
Oⓘ PintadoiteCa2(V2O7) · 9H2O
Oⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
KPotassium
Kⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Caⓘ MelanovanaditeCa(V5+,V4+)4O10 · 5H2O
Caⓘ PascoiteCa2Ca(V10O28) · 17H2O
Caⓘ PintadoiteCa2(V2O7) · 9H2O
Caⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
VVanadium
Vⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Vⓘ MelanovanaditeCa(V5+,V4+)4O10 · 5H2O
Vⓘ PascoiteCa2Ca(V10O28) · 17H2O
Vⓘ PintadoiteCa2(V2O7) · 9H2O
Vⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O
UUranium
Uⓘ CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Uⓘ TyuyamuniteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O

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References

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Mesa claims file.
Preliminary map #28, Department of Energy: Mine location map & ore production data.
USGS crib list record #M003182.
U.S. Department of Energy files.
USGS Redrock Valley, Arizona, quadrangle 15 minute topo map.
Los Gigantes Buttes, Arizona, quadrangle 15 minute topo map.
Shiprock NTMS.
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 77, 78.
Dare, W.L. (1961), Uranium mining in the Lukachukai Mountains, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8011: 2-30.
Chenoweth, W.L. (1967), The uranium deposits of the Lukachukai Mountains, in New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 18th. Field Conference, Guidebook of Defiance-Zuni-Mt. Taylor region, Arizona & New Mexico: 78-85.
Peirce, H. Wesley, S.B. Keith and J.C.Wilt (1970), Coal, oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 182: 235-248.
Chenoweth, W.L. and Malan, Roger C. (1973), The Uranium deposits of northeastern Arizona, in: Monument Valley (Arizona, Utah and New Mexico), James, H. L.; [ed.], New Mexico Geological Society 24th. Annual Fall Field Conference Guidebook, 232 p. : 139-149.
[1]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: 121.
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.: 3. (district assignment)
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 292, 323, 329, 405
U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995), Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), U.S. Bureau of Mines, file ID #0040010253.
[2](2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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