Mine detail: F-33 Mine

Previously called 'Anaconda Section 33 Mine'

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.21895, -107.78451
dep_id: 10012892
mrds_id: D008890
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Vanadium
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Coffinite, Fluorite, Pitchblende, Tyuyamunite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Todilto Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Deposits Largely Confined To Axial Zones Of Intraformational Anticlines.
Year first produced: 1954
yr_lst_prd: 1959
References:
  • 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.
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