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Sandstone from
Upper Canyon Mines, Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Sandstone
Comments:Light gray, fine-grained. Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sandstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Upper Canyon Mines, Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1297928
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1297928:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sandstone
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘGravel Cap Mine (Oak Springs Mine; Oak Springs Gravel Cap Mine), Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘHazel Mine (Hazell), Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘOak Springs Plot No. 10 Mine (Oak Springs Mine), Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘSyracuse Mine (R.F. and R. Mine; Sam Harvey), Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘValley View Mine (Valley View M.S. No. 3762; Valley View Extension), Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) ⓘCottonwood Butte claim (Charlie Bekis), Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘUpper Red Canyon Mine (Pearl Buck; Red Feather #3), Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘNelson Point mine, Eastside mines, Shiprock District, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘBarton No. 4 Mine, Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘTony Tuc Mine (Toni Tuc Mine; Toni Tuc Tract No. 1), Teec Nos Pos, Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
References
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: 132.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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