Mine detail: Lucky Strike Mine

Previously called 'Mines: Midcontinent #1'

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Location: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.17032, -106.67421
dep_id: 10014378
mrds_id: D011122
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Chinle Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1957
yr_lst_prd: 1957
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 45
  • Deposit:: CHENOWETH, W.L., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 309-315
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778 P.
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-377, 3-7
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 3-7
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