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Metarossite from
Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Metarossite
Formula:Ca(V2O6) · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs in the SAlt Wash member of the Morrison formation.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metarossite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:241519
Long-form Identifier:1:3:241519:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Metarossite in this Region
4b Mine, White Ash Peak, Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Mesa 4½ Mine, White Ash Peak, Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Metarossite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘMesa 4½ Mine, White Ash Peak, Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘ4b Mine, White Ash Peak, Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mountains, Apache County, Arizona, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘNelson Point mine, Eastside mines, Shiprock District, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘCarrizo Range, Apache County, Arizona, USA
78.4km (48.7 miles) ⓘMonument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache County, Arizona, USA
References
Joralemon, I.B. (1952), Age can not wither her varieties of geological experience, Econ.Geol.: 47: 243-259
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 78.
Chenoweth, W.L. (1967), The uranium deposits of the Lukachukai Mountains, in New Mexico Geol. Soc. Guidebook 18th. Field Conf., Guidebook of Defiancee-Zuni-Mt. Taylor region, AZ & NM: 78-85.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.295
 
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