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Starlight Mine (Starlight No. 3 Mine; East Starlight), Boot Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USAi
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Starlight Mine (Starlight No. 3 Mine; East Starlight)Mine
Boot MesaMesa
Navajo CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 57' 39'' North , 110° 18' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.96111,-110.31041
GeoHash:
G#: 9w9d3bd6j
GRN:
N25W64
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Oljato-Monument Valley674 (2016)9.3km
Oljato-Monument Valley154 (2017)11.0km
Kayenta5,189 (2011)26.4km
Halchita266 (2011)41.7km
Dennehotso746 (2011)43.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
55132
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:55132:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Industrial Uranium


A former U occurrence/mine located in the center sec. 17, T41N, R19E, G&SRM, 6.7 km (4.2 miles) N of Boot Mesa (coordinates of record), in Monument Valley.

Mineralization is uraninite hosted in a Shinarump Member of the Chinle Formation paleochannel. Local rocks include Quaternary surficial deposits, undivided.

Workings include underground openings comprised of a vertical shaft plus room and pillar mining operations.

Production was 86,369 tons of ore @0.30% U3O8; 0.06% V2O5 plus 5.41% CaCO3 maximum (1955-1964).

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘUraninite4.DL.05UO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ UraniniteUO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4
UUranium
Uⓘ UraniniteUO2

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North America PlateTectonic Plate
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References

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, Industrial Minerals files.
USGS Boot Mesa quadrangle 15 minute topo map.
Marble Canyon NTMS.
Johnson, H.S. and Thordarson, W. (1956), U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Trace Elements Investigation Report TEI-640.
Peirce, H.W., S.B. Keith and J. C. Wilt (1970), Coal, oil, natural gas, helium, and uranium in Arizona, Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 182: 216.
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: 225
Anthony, John W., Williams, Sidney A., Bideaux, Richard A., Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995), Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), U.S. Bureau of Mines, file ID #0040170213.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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