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Geology and Production History of the Mitchell Butte Uranium-Vanadium Mine, Navajo County, Arizona

dc.contributor.authorChenoweth, W.L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-29T00:26:46Z
dc.date.available2018-09-29T00:26:46Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.identifier.citationChenoweth, W.L., 1995, Geology and Production History of the Mitchell Butte Uranium-Vanadium Mine, Navajo County, Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report CR-95-B, 14 p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/629258
dc.descriptionThe Mitchell Mesa Mine was developed on the rim of an isolated mesa within the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Navajo County, Arizona. This park, established by the Tribal Council on July 11, 1958, is composed of 29,817 acres of spectacular red rock mesas, buttes, monoliths and spires. At the time it was created, mining was not prohibited within the park. Mitchell Mesa is named for a prospector, who, together with his partner Merrick, were killed in this area in 1880. The prospectors, looking for a rich silver mine, had repeatedly disregarded warnings not to trespass in the valley. Both men were shot near Mitchell Butte, but Merrick lived long enough to make his way to the butte that bear his name (Baars and others, 1973). Due to the difficult access to the top of the mesa, the ore deposit was not exploited until 1962, 1965-1966. Since this was late in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's (ABC) ore-procurement program (1947~1970) very little information was developed about this small mine. Recently, some information was located in the AEC files stored at the Department of Energy's Grand Junction Projects Office in Grand Junction, Colorado. This report summarizes what is known about the Mitchell Mesa uranium-vanadium mine.
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCR-95-B
dc.relation.urlhttps://library.azgs.arizona.edu/item/AGCR-1552429536443-470
dc.rightsArizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectArizona Geological Survey Contributed Reports
dc.subjectNavajo Tribal park
dc.subjectArizona
dc.subjectNavajo County
dc.subjectMitchell Mesa Mine
dc.subjectU.S. Atomic Energy Commission
dc.subjectore deposit
dc.subjecturanium-vanadium
dc.subjecturanium
dc.subjectProduction History
dc.subjectGeology
dc.subjectMitchell Mesa
dc.subjectMonument Valley
dc.titleGeology and Production History of the Mitchell Butte Uranium-Vanadium Mine, Navajo County, Arizona
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