Mine detail: Section 10 Mine

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Location: McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.45644, -107.87673
dep_id: 10014537
mrds_id: D011356
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Selenium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: A Major Fault And Bedding Structures
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Morrison
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Ambrosia Lake Dome, A Major Fault And Bedding Structures
tectonic: Chaco Slope
Year first produced: 1957
yr_lst_prd: 1980
disc_yr: 1955
discr: Dunn Brothers
References:
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 39
  • Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 49-50
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
  • Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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