Occurrence Carnotite



carnotite happy jack mine, utah


carnotite bright greenish yellow mineral occurs typically crusts , flakes in sandstones. amounts low 1 percent color sandstone bright yellow. high uranium content makes carnotite important uranium ore. secondary vanadium , uranium mineral found in sedimentary rocks in arid climates.


in united states important ore of uranium in colorado plateau region of united states occurs disseminations in sandstone , concentrations around petrified logs. occurs in u.s. states of wyoming, colorado, south dakota, nevada, arizona, , utah. occurs incidentally in grants, new mexico , carbon county, pennsylvania.


carnotite reported in congo (kinshasa), morocco, australia (radium hill) , kazakhstan. in pakistan carnotite occurs in upper miocene middle siwaliks sandstone (dhokpathan formation), in vicinity of takhat nasrati, karak district.








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