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Sunnyside Mine, Kinusta Mesa, Cove Mesa Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USAi
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Sunnyside MineMine
Kinusta MesaMesa
Cove Mesa Mining DistrictMining District
Carrizo RangeMountain Range
Apache CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 40' 9'' North , 109° 15' 30'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
36.66922,-109.25847
GeoHash:
G#: 9wd29g2mt
GRN:
N25W63
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Round Rock789 (2011)25.9km
Lukachukai1,701 (2011)28.2km
Beclabito317 (2011)28.6km
Teec Nos Pos730 (2011)31.9km
Rock Point642 (2011)33.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
69844
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:69844:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former U-V occurrence/mine located in the S½ sec. 29, T38N, R29E, G&SRM, 3.8 km (2.4 miles) ENE of Kinusta Mesa (coordinates of record), on Sunnyside Mesa.

NOTE: The USGS MRDS file #10283020 comments on the conflicting data between that file and file #10026880. Data in this Mindat page are taken from MRDS file #10283020, except as specifically stated to come from file #10026880 within this note and elsewhere. The latter file presents geographic coordinates of 36.74446N, 109.27568W, and places this locality in sec. 36, T39W, R28E, G&SRM, 3.3 miles NE of Alcove Canyon.

Mineralization is carnotite in irregular, tabular layers hosted in Late Jurassic claystone, siltstone and sandstone of the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation (MRDS file #10026880). Ore is found in clusters, usually associated with carbonaceous detritus. Host rock is the Gila conglomerate. Tyuyamunite-type ore occurs in medium-grained, shaly Salt Wash sandstone with carbon matter, 40-50 feet above contact with the Bluff member. Local rocks include rocks of the Glen Canyon Group (MRDS file #10026880).

Workings include small underground operations.

Production was 28 tons of ore @ 0.16% U3O8; 3.10% V2O5 (1955). From May to October, 1943, Wade, Curran and Company shipped 475 tons of ore @ 2.75% V2O5.

Scattered resources are limited.

Analysis test results: 5 samples 0.05-0.11% e U3O8; 0.03-.15% U3O8; 0.94-5.00% V2O5.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘCarnotite4.HB.05K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

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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

USGS MRDS ID #M000764.
USGS Los Gigantes Buttes, Arizona, quadrangle 15 minute topo map.
Shiprock NTMS.
Webber, B.N. (1943), Field survey of Navajo Indian Reservation (Carrizo Uplift & Chuska Mountains areas) Arizona: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report RMO-480, 91 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:6,000.
Harshbarger, J.W., (1946), Supplemental and summary report on western Carrizo Uplift and Chuska Mountains areas of northern Navajo Indian Reservation, northeastern Arizona: U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Report RMO-441, 108 p.
Stokes, W.L. (1951), Carnotite deposits in the Carrizo Mountains area, USGS Circular 111.
Chenoweth, W.L. (1955), The geology and the uranium deposits of the northwest Carrizo area, Apache County, Arizona, in Cooper, J.C., ed., Geology of parts of Paradox, Black Mesa, and San Juan Basins, Four Corners Field Conference: Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook: 177-185.
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: 241.
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: 129.
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)
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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