Mine detail: Nopal 1

Previously called 'El Nopal'

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 29.11134, -106.03442
dep_id: 10049494
mrds_id: MX02216
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Carnotite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Weeksite
model: 155: Volcanogenic U
alteration: Argillic
ore_ctrl: Structurally Controlled Between Intersection Of Two Step-Faults, And Confined Stratigraphically To The Nopal And Coloradas Formations.
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
arock_unit: Coloradas Formation;Nopal Formation
arock_type: Vitrophyre
References:
  • 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.
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