page_title: Uranium mining in Arizona
hierarchical_section_title: Uranium mining in Arizona
caption_attribution_description: English: Colorado Plateau Map showing distribution of Triassic uranium deposits. Triangles depict deposits in the Wingate Sandstone, while white and black circles deposit deposits in the Chinle Formation.
context_page_description: Uranium mining in Arizona has taken place since 1918. Prior to the uranium boom of the late 1940s, uranium in Arizona was a byproduct of vanadium mining of the mineral carnotite.
context_section_description: Uranium mining in Arizona has taken place since 1918.  Prior to the uranium boom of the late 1940s, uranium in Arizona was a byproduct of vanadium mining of the mineral carnotite.
caption: Colorado Plateau Map showing distribution of Triassic uranium deposits. Triangles depict deposits in the Wingate Sandstone, while white and black circles deposit deposits in the Chinle Formation, with black circles in particular denoting deposits in the Shinarump Member of that formation.
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