Appendix E.

Minerals identified in solution-collapse breccia pipe uranium deposits. [Primary ore and gangue minerals marked by *; others oxidized or supergene (modified after Wenrich and Sutphin, 1988, table 1)]
 
A. ORE MINERALS
 
URANIUM                                   COPPER
uraninite*                                       chalcocite
coffinite                                          djurleite
tyuyamunite                                    digenite
metatyuyamunite                             covellite
metazippeite                                   enargite*
zeunerite                                         chalcopyrite*
metazeunerite                                  lautite*
metatorbernite                                 bornite
uranophane                                     tennantite*
bayleyite                                         tetrahedrite*
uranospinite                                    cuprite
                                                      tenorite
VANADIUM                                 chrysocolla
hewettite                                         azurite
vesigneite                                        malachite
olborthite                                        olivenite
calciovolborthite                              chalcanthite
roscoelite*                                      brochantite
                                                       cyanotrichite
SILVER                                          chalcoalumite
acanthite                                          langite
naumannite                                      antlerite
proustite                                          devilline
                                                       conichalcite
GOLD
Native(?)
 
B. BASE-METAL MINERALS
 
LEAD                                       MOLYBDENUM
galena*                                      molybdenite*
anglesite                                     ilsemannite
cerussite                                     jordisite
wulfenite
 
                                                  IRON
ZINC                                         pyrite*
adamite                                      marcasite*
sphalerite*                                 arsenopyrite*
smithsonite                                 siderite*
aurichalcite                                 scorodite
hemimorphite                             melanterite
                                                  limonite
COBALT                                   hematite
skutterudite*                               goethite
Co-gersdorffite*                         jarosite
erythrite                                      siderotil
linnaeite*                                    coquimbite
bieberite
                                                 MANGANESE
NICKEL                                    rhodochrosite
nickeline*
rammelsbergite*                        ANTIMONY
pararammelsbergite*                    stibnite*
gersdorffite*
bravoite*
siegenite*
vaesite*
millerite*
 
C. NON-METALLIC MINERALS
 
quartz*
chalcedony*
pyrobitumen*
celadonite
illite
kaolinite*
chlorite
fluorite*
calcite*
barite*
dolomite*
ankerite*
anhydrite*
gypsum
hexahydrite
leonhardtite