Mine detail: Floyd Collins Claim

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.54512, -108.39034
dep_id: 10013287
mrds_id: D009507
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Torbernite
gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In Altered Diabase Adjacent To Faults.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Diabase
arock_unit: Burro Mountain Granite
arock_type: Diabase
Structure: Faults And Diabase Dikes Strike N 20 W Near The Mine.
Year first produced: 1925
yr_lst_prd: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 91-93, PLATE 7
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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