Mine detail: Westwater No. 1 Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Green Hornet'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.55949, -108.49786

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1957

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1957
Last production ended:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Pinedale Anticline
Tectonic:	Zuni Uplift

References

MRDS	D011596
DEP	10014708
Reference	{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 13}{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