Mine detail: Rocket Junior Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.54915, -109.94432

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Black Ledge Unit Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	DB00158
DEP	10088015
Reference	{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.