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Metauranocircite from
Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Census-designated Place
Classification
Species:Metauranocircite
Formula:Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 7H2O
Comments:Abundant ore mineral that forms fine-grained masses, associated with fossil logs in Petrified Forest member, Chinle Formation.
Colour:Yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Uranocircite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metauranocircite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66830
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66830:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Holland, Heinrich Dieter; Witter, George G.; Head, William Burres; Petti, Ruth W. (1958) The distribution of leachable uranium in surface samples in the vicinity of ore bodies. II. The use of leachable uranium in geochemical prospecting on the Colorado Plateau. Economic Geology, 53 (2). 190-209 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.53.2.190
Bollin, E. M., & Kerr, P. F. (1958). Uranium mineralization near Cameron, Arizona. In Guidebook of the Black Mesa Basin, northern Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society, 9th Field Conference Society Guidebook (Vol. 9, pp. 161-168).
Austin, S.R. (1964), Mineralogy of the cameron area, Coconino Co., AZ, US Atomic Energy Comm. RME 99. Tech. Inf. Serv., Oak Ridge, TN: 99.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 296, 407-408
 
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