Mine detail: Sparks - Stone Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Sparks-Stone No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.6495, -105.49584

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Ore: Euxenite, Uranophane
Gangue: Biotite, Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form: OTHER: DIKE
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1955
Last production ended: 1956

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Pegmatite
Tectonic:Sangre De Cristo Uplift

References

MRDSD001881
DEP10009172
Reference{Deposit:: PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE U. S., U. S. G. S. MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 36}{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 75-76}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1982, NMBMMR OFR-182, P. 1-513}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-513}
ReporterParker, Raymond L., Murray, Diane