Mine detail: Mi Vida Mine

Previously called 'Utex Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.19166, -109.25652

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Coffinite, Galena, Greenockite, Montroseite, Sphalerite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1952

Geology

Host rock:	Moss Back Member, Chinle Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	West Flank Faulted Lisbon Valley Anticline
Tectonic:	Stable Platform

References

MRDS	DB00062
DEP	10015060
Reference	{Production:: UGMS STUDY 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, LARRY M., 1978}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry