Mine detail: Poison Canyon Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Moe No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.34311, -107.82701

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Selenium
Ore:	Carnotite, Coffinite, Tyuyamunite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1952
Last production ended:	1980

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Poison Canyon Fault, The Poison Canyon Fault And A Series Of Smaller Faults And Fractures.
Tectonic:	Chaco Slope

References

MRDS	W016958
DEP	10072196
Reference	{Deposit:: RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 121-135}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 36.}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: TESSENDORF, T.N., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 226-229}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Murray, Diane