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Jarosite from
Channel No. 5 (Paleochannel No. 5), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA


Classification
Species:Jarosite
Formula:KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jarosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Channel No. 5 (Paleochannel No. 5), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:218096
Long-form Identifier:1:3:218096:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Jarosite
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘCutfinger channel (Channel No. 3), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘChecker channel (Checker paleochannel; Channel 16), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘChannel No. 31 (Paleochannel No. 31), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘDouble channel (Channel No. 6), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘAlfred Miles No. 1 channel (Nokai Mesa channel; Channel No. 1), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘCecil Todechenee channel (Channel 21; Tract 2A), Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.8km (5.4 miles) ⓘHoskinnini No. 1 channel (Channel No. 27; paleochannel No. 27), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘCrescent claim, Crescent channel (Channel No. 28; paleochannel No. 28), Hoskinnini Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘChannel No. 61 (Paleochannel No. 61), Navajo County, Arizona, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘChannel No. 35 (Paleochannel No. 35), Navajo County, Arizona, USA
References
Witkind, I.J. & R.E. Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 72 & 74 (Table 1).
 
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