Mine detail: Red Bluff Claims

Previously called 'ClaimsRed Bluff Nos. 3,5,7,8,9 and 10Gay EagleBlack HawkBunnyChristmas Day 1 and PhilUdc 5'

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.29784, -107.78784
dep_id: 10009931
mrds_id: D003222
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Vanadium
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Carnotite, Fluorite, Pitchblende, Tyuyamunite, Uranophane
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Deposits Tend To Be Associated With Intraformational Anticlines, Reefs And Reef-Edge Structures.
Reporter: Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Todilto Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1952
yr_lst_prd: 1964
References:
  • Deposit:: MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P.136-149
  • Deposit:: PERRY, B.L., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P.150-156
  • Deposit:: THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND OSTLING, E.J., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-680
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P.58-59
  • Production:: U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
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