Mine detail: Johnny M Mine

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Location:	McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.36227, -107.72368
dep_id:	10012278
mrds_id:	D007825
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Uranium
Minor mineral:	Vanadium
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Copper, Selenium, Arsenic
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Jordisite, Marcasite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
conc_proc:	Permeability, Reducing Environment And The Presence Of Carbonaceous Matter Effective In Extracting Uranium From Dilute Mineralized Solutions.
ore_ctrl:	Fluviatile Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).
Reporter:	Menzie, David
hrock_unit:	Morrison
hrock_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.
Year first produced:	1976
yr_lst_prd:	1981
disc_yr:	1968
discr:	John E. Motica
References:	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