Mine detail: Section 23,26 Mine

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Location: McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.33616, -107.86451
dep_id: 10014544
mrds_id: D011366
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Coffinite, Pitchblende
gangue: Fluorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: A Conjugate Joint System
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Todilto Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Thoreau Homocline, A Conjugate Joint System
tectonic: Chaco Slope
Year first produced: 1957
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1951
discr: Haystack Mountain And Development Co., Prewitt, Nm
References:
  • Deposit:: MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-150
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36
  • 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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