Mine detail: L-Bar Deposits

Location:	Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	35.182, -107.32839
dep_id:	10012279
mrds_id:	D007826
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Uranium
Trace mineral:	Vanadium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Carnotite, Coffinite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
conc_proc:	Permeability, Reducing Environment And 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
Year first produced:	1976
disc_yr:	1956
References:	Deposit:: KITTEL, D.F., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 167-176 Deposit:: SCHLEE, J.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1963 USGS MAP GQ-209 Deposit:: MOENCH, R.H., AND SCHLEE, J.S., 1967 USGS PP 519, 117 PAGES Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 57 Deposit:: CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31 Deposit:: CHENOWITH, W.L., AND HOLEN, H.K., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 17-21 Deposit:: JACOBSEN, L.C., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 284-291 Deposit:: GREEN, M.W., AND OTHERS, 1980 U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, OFR PGJ-016, 168 PAGES Deposit:: 11) URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 61