Mine detail: Foutz No. 3 Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Yellow Jacket3 Yj'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.56672, -108.56676

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1953
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	A Near-Vertical Set Of Fractures Trending N 30 W
Tectonic:	Chaco Slope

References

MRDS	D011348
DEP	10014531
Reference	{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 44}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 10}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Murray, Diane