Mine detail: Sierra De Gomez

Previously called 'Site N-2'

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.97246, -105.70746
dep_id: 10049487
mrds_id: MX02203
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Carnotite, Garnierite, Uranophane
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Pyrite, Selenite
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.)
hrock_unit: Sierra Gomez Ls
hrock_type: Mudstone
Structure: N-S Assymetrical Syncline Bounded On The E And W By Steep Anticlinal Structures And Thrust Faults. Crosscut By High-Angle Normal Faults.
References:
  • Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189.
  • Deposit:: MITCHELL, S.M., GOODELL, P.C., LEMONE, D.V., AND PINGITORE, N.E., 1981, URANIUM MINERALIZATION OF SIERRA GOMEZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: AAPG STUDIES IN GEOLOGY NO. 13, P. 293-310.
  • Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000
  • Deposit:: SPP, 1984, CIUDAD OBREGON
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