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Arizona · Navajo County

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Unconfirmed Uranium Mixed Underground / Surface

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Navajo
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Uranium
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Industrial Uranium

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former U-V occurrence/mine located in the center sec. 16, T41N, R19E, G&SRM, 7.0 km (4.3 miles) SW of Goulding (San Juan County, Utah). Mineralization is an U deposit with uraninite ore hosted in the Shinarump paleochannel cut into Moenkopi Format…

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  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Uranium
  • commodity:Vanadium
  • Uraninite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 73209

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (3)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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