Mine detail: Butler Brothers Mine

Previously called 'Mine: Butler-Mauldin'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.86394, -106.90421

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Gangue:	Peat
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955
Last production ended:	1959

Geology

Host rock:	Dakota Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Nacimiento Reverse Fault, Open But Steeply Plunging Folds
Tectonic:	San Juan Basin

References

MRDS	W016969
DEP	10072197
Reference	{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 24}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 49}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983 NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Murray, Diane