Mine detail: Mount Taylor Mine

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.33728, -107.63229
dep_id: 10012896
mrds_id: D008894
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Coffinite, Jordisite, Uraninite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fluviatile Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Morrison Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1980
References:
  • Deposit:: SANTOS, E.S., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-517
  • Deposit:: CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
  • Deposit:: SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9
  • Deposit:: RIESE, W.C., AND BROOKINS, D.G., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 244-251
  • Deposit:: URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 60, 63-66
  • Reserve-Resource:: URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND RESOURCES DEPT., P. 63
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