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Becquerelite from
Cato Sells Mine (Cato Sells Monument Mine; Cato Sells tract 1 and 2), Monument No. 2 channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Becquerelite
Formula:Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Becquerelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cato Sells Mine (Cato Sells Monument Mine; Cato Sells tract 1 and 2), Monument No. 2 channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:217769
Long-form Identifier:1:3:217769:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Becquerelite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘMonument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache County, Arizona, USA
76.7km (47.7 miles) ⓘPosey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
80.9km (50.3 miles) ⓘHideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
97.8km (60.8 miles) ⓘGonaway-North Point claim, White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
98.2km (61.0 miles) ⓘHappy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
Frondel, Clifford (1956) Mineral composition of gummite. American Mineralogist, 41 (7-8) 539-568
Finnell, Tommy Lee (1957) Structural control of uranium ore at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache County, Arizona. Economic Geology, 52 (1) 25-35 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.52.1.25
Frondel, Clifford (1958) Systematic mineralogy of uranium and thorium. Bulletin 1064. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1064
Witkind, I.J. & Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 97 (Table 2).
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.131
 
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