Mine detail: San Mateo Mine

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.32838, -107.72118
dep_id: 10090127
mrds_id: D008895
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Coffinite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fluviatile Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Morrison Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Deposit Is Near The Southeastern Limit Of The Poison Canyon Ore Trend.
Year first produced: 1959
yr_lst_prd: 1970
disc_yr: 1957
discr: Rare Metals Corp. Of America, Salt Lake City, Utah
References:
  • Deposit:: NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1959 TO 1971
  • Deposit:: RAPAPORT, I., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 122-135, FIG. 1
  • Deposit:: SANTOS, E.S., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-517
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59
  • Deposit:: CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
  • Production:: U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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