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