Mine detail: Black Jack No. 1 Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Black Jack No. 1-Smith Lake'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.54588, -108.16841

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Selenium
Ore:	Coffinite
Gangue:	Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1958

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1959
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Mariano Anticline, 3 Major North-Trending Strike-Slip Faults And Numerous Shear Fractures.
Tectonic:	Chaco Slope

References

MRDS	W016954
DEP	10072195
Reference	{Deposit:: MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 22}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Murray, Diane