Mine detail: Johnny M Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.36227, -107.72368

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper, Selenium, Arsenic
Ore:	Jordisite, Marcasite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1968

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1976
Last production ended:	1981

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Post-Ore Faults With Strikes Ranging From N 10 W To N 40 E And Displacements From A Few Inches To 75 Ft. Cut The Orebodies But No Ore Has Been Found Stacked Along Fault Planes.

References

MRDS	D007825
DEP	10012278
Reference	{Deposit:: SANTOS, E.S., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-517}{Deposit:: SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9}{Deposit:: CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES}{Deposit:: GREEN, M.W., AND OTHERS, 1980 U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, OFR PGJ-016, 168 PAGES}{Deposit:: AN OVERVIEW OF THE N.M. URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1979 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 50-91}{Deposit:: URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 61}
Reporter	Menzie, David