Mine detail: Jeter Mine

Previously called 'Also Known As the Charley 2 Deposit.'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.43897, -107.01698
dep_id: 10089319
mrds_id: W016985
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Minor mineral: Vanadium, Copper
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Malachite, Pitchblende, Tyuyamunite
gangue: Limonite
other_matl: Barite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Kaolinized Andesitic Dikes Are Reported To Be A Fair Host For Uranium Deposition.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Popotosa
hrock_type: Mudstone
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Deposits Are Restricted To The Cerro Colorado Fault Zone Which Forms The Contact Between Tertiary And Precambrian Rocks.
Year first produced: 1954
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 55, P. 105-106
  • Deposit:: COLLINS, G.E., AND NYE, T.S., 1957 AEC OPEN FILE REPORT DAO-4-TM-8, P. 4-25
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