Place	Population	Distance
Oljato-Monument Valley	674 (2016)	12.9km
Oljato-Monument Valley	154 (2017)	16.2km
Kayenta	5,189 (2011)	28.4km
Navajo Mountain	354 (2011)	37.8km
Halchita	266 (2011)	46.4km

Mindat Locality ID:

73137

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:73137:0

GUID (UUID V4):

A former V-U occurrence/mine located 3.4 km (2.1 miles) S of Hoskinnini Mesa (coordinates of record), on the SE rim of the mesa. T&R values are not presented for this locality.

Mineralization is a V-U deposit with lenticular ore pods hosted in Late Triassic sandstone of the Shinarump Member of the Chinle Formation, in paleostream channels, usually with carbonaceous debris. Local rocks include Permian to Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks.

Production was probably a few hundred tons of ore.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Uranium

ⓘ Vanadium

List of minerals for each chemical element

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10027480

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Colorado PlateauShield
Great Plains DomainDomain

USA

Arizona & Utah
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
  - Colorado Plateau
    - Hopi-Navajo Indian Reservations
Colorado PlateauPlateau
Monument Valley Mining DistrictMining District
⭔Navajo Nation Indian ReservationReservation
New Mexico
- San Juan County
  - ⭔Navajo Nation ReservationReservation

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References

USGS MRDS ID #M003176.

Johnson, H.S. (1966), Uranium deposits of the Moab, Monticello, White Canyon and Monument Valley Districts, Utah and Arizona, USGS Bulletin 1222-H.

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: 217.

Chenoweth, W.L. (1973), Uranium deposits of northwestern Arizona, New Mexico Geological Society 24th. guidebook: 139.

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

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