Mine detail: Section 26 Mine

Previously called 'Mine: HanoshIndian Allotment'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.33338, -107.86368

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Pitchblende
Gangue:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1952
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Todilto Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Thorfau Homocline, A Conjugate Fault Set
Tectonic:	Chaco Slope

References

MRDS	D011371
DEP	10014548
Reference	{Deposit:: MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 147}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 37}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 19808 NMBMMR OFR-148, P MC-149}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Murray, Diane