Mine detail: Rio Puerco Mine

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.27312, -107.18949
dep_id: 10012281
mrds_id: D007830
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Complex Chemical Process Of Concentration Involving Permeability, Reducing Environment And Carbonaceous Matter Effective In Extracting Uranium From Dilute Mineralized Solutions.
ore_ctrl: Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Morrison
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1979
yr_lst_prd: 1980
disc_yr: 1970
discr: Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
References:
  • Deposit:: MOENCH, R.H., AND SCHLEE, J.S., AND BRYAN, W.B., 1965 USGS MAP GQ-371
  • Deposit:: SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES
  • Deposit:: SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9
  • Deposit:: CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
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