Mine detail: Woodrow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.13173, -107.31505

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Coffinite, Galena, Uraninite
Gangue:	Jarosite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	PIPE
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1953
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host rock:	Morrison Formation
Host type:	Mudstone
Structure:	Ring-Fault Offsets Stratigraphic Units By 30 Ft. To 45 Ft..

References

MRDS	D008896
DEP	10101767
Reference	{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1960 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 55, NO 3, P.456}{Deposit:: WYLIE, E.T., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 177-181}{Deposit:: SCHLEE, J.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1963 USGS MAP GQ-209}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 58, 105-106, 124}{Deposit:: CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31}{Production:: U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.}
Reporter	Menzie, David