Mine detail: Sandstone Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Section 34John Billy ShaftPatented Claims 1960: Sandstone GroupSandstone No. 6Sandstone Annex No. 3 and 4Unpatented Claims: 45 Claims-See Holmquist 1970,P.87'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.39588, -107.77006

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Selenium, Molybdenum, Iron
Ore:	Coffinite, Jordisite, Montroseite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Kaolin
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1959
Last production ended:	1980

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Chaco Slope - Ambrosia Lake Dome, A Graben Occupies The West Half Of The Section
Tectonic:	Chaco Slope

References

MRDS	D011242
DEP	10014458
Reference	{Deposit:: HARMON, C.F. AND P.S. TAYLOR, 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P.102-108}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.87-89}{Deposit:: FOSTER, J.F. AND R.J. QUINTANAR, 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P.240-243}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Murray, Diane