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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