Mine detail: Nopal 1

Previously called 'El Nopal'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.11134, -106.03442

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Carnotite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Weeksite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Associated rock:Coloradas Formation;Nopal Formation
Associated type:Vitrophyre
Alteration processes:Argillic

References

MRDSMX02216
DEP10049494
Reference{Deposit:: CARDENAS F., D., 1983, VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SIERRA DE PENA BLANCA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA; GUIDEBOOK FOR THE 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE: EL PASO, TEXAS, EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 325-334.}{Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, OCT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)