Mine detail: Anaconda Section 9 Mine

Previously called 'Section 9 Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.287, -107.79645

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Carnotite, Coffinite, Fluorite, Pitchblende
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1953
Last production ended:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Todilto Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Intraformational Folds, Reef And Reef-Edge Structures.

References

MRDS	D008889
DEP	10012891
Reference	{Deposit:: MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 147}{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. 59}{Production:: U. S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.}
Reporter	Menzie, David