Mine detail: F-33 Mine

Previously called 'Anaconda Section 33 Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.21895, -107.78451

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1954
Last production ended:	1959

Geology

Host rock:	Todilto Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Deposits Largely Confined To Axial Zones Of Intraformational Anticlines.

References

MRDS	D008890
DEP	10012892
Reference	{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1960 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 55, NO 3, P.460-461}{Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 33-35}{Deposit:: KERR, P.F., AND WILCOX, J.T., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 205, 209, 212}{Deposit:: THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND RAUP, O.B., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-681}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59, 101-102}{Production:: U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.}
Reporter	Menzie, David