Mine detail: Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict

Previously called 'PentataPoison CreekPoison CanyonAmbrosia LakeMariano LakePrewitt'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.54585, -108.16843

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium, Uranium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Iron
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	STRATIFORM
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1951
Last production ended:	1983

Geology

Structure:

MARIANO (SMITH LAKE) ANTICLINE, BIG DRAW FAULT ZONE, BLUEWATER FAULT

References

MRDS	D012097
DEP	60000395
Reference	{Deposit:: HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM. 15, P. 49-52}{Deposit:: MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 41-42}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20-28}{Deposit:: RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 153-194}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR, OFR-148}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}