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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