Mine detail: El Sotolar

Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	29.15857, -103.8463
dep_id:	10049419
mrds_id:	MX02060
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Uranium
Minor mineral:	Vanadium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Carnotite
gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Gypsum
orebody_fm:	FISSURE VEINS, CAVERN-FILLINGS
model:	174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Nw-Trending Anticlinal Axes. Nw Limbs Of Anticlines Faulted Into Blocks With Upward Displacements Greater Than 100 M.
References:	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.