Mine detail: Section 23,26 Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

35.33616, -107.86451

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Coffinite, Pitchblende
Gangue:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1957
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Todilto Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Thoreau Homocline, A Conjugate Joint System
Tectonic:	Chaco Slope

References

MRDS	D011366
DEP	10014544
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Murray, Diane