Mine detail: Discovery

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Location

Lat / long:

38.49637, -109.7646

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper, Vanadium
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	LENS, TABULAR IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation, Mossback Member
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	DB00114
DEP	10015101
Reference	SRC.REF: ( SPL. H - 49 ) *CHIP ACROSS CARBON TRASH AREA 160 FT IN FROM PORTAL SRIB UPPER CROSSCUTS.
Reporter	Jones, Harold H.