Mine detail: El Sotolar

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

29.15857, -103.8463

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Gypsum
Orebody form:	FISSURE VEINS, CAVERN-FILLINGS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Nw-Trending Anticlinal Axes. Nw Limbs Of Anticlines Faulted Into Blocks With Upward Displacements Greater Than 100 M.

References

MRDS	MX02060
DEP	10049419
Reference	{Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.}{Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 165-170.}{Deposit:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, MANUEL BENAVIDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: GONZALEZ, 1956.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.