Mine detail: Homestake Mine

Previously called 'La Sal Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2311, -109.28125

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Gangue:	Galena
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Mossback Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	DB00052
DEP	10015051
Reference	{Production:: UGMS STUDY 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: JONES, H., 1978}
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.