Mine detail: Black Jack No. 2 Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Unc'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.53283, -108.25397

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1959
Last production ended:	1964

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Mariano (Smith) Lake Anticline, A Fracture System Trending N55w; A Syncline Formed By The Regional Dip
Tectonic:	Chaco Slope

References

MRDS	D011601
DEP	10014712
Reference	{Deposit:: HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 49-52}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20}{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