Mine detail: Jeter Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

34.43897, -107.01698

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium, Copper
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Manganese
Ore:	Carnotite, Malachite, Pitchblende, Tyuyamunite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1954
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Popotosa
Host type:	Mudstone
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Deposits Are Restricted To The Cerro Colorado Fault Zone Which Forms The Contact Between Tertiary And Precambrian Rocks.
Alteration processes:	Kaolinized Andesitic Dikes Are Reported To Be A Fair Host For Uranium Deposition.

References

MRDS	W016985
DEP	10089319
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David