Mine detail: Section 30 Mine

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Location: McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.41505, -107.82479
dep_id: 10090124
mrds_id: D007834
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Jordisite
gangue: Calcite, Clay, Gypsum, Hematite, Pyrite
other_matl: Barite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Permeability, Reducing Environment And The Presence Of Carbonaceous Matter Effective In Extracting Uranium From Dilute Mineralized Solutions.
ore_ctrl: Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Morrison
hrock_type: Sandstone
Year first produced: 1958
yr_lst_prd: 1981
References:
  • Deposit:: CLARY, T.A., MOBLEY, C.M., AND MOULTON, G.F., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 72-79
  • Deposit:: SANTOS, E.S., AND THADEN, R.E., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-515
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 38
  • Deposit:: SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9
  • Deposit:: URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 60
  • Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 21-37
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