Mine detail: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.41505, -107.82482

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium, Uranium
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Selenium
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	STRATIFORM
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1952
Last production ended:	1983

Geology

Structure:

SOME MINES SHOW EVIDENCE OF COLLAPSE STRUCTURES, AMBROSIA LAKE DOME, THOREAU HOMOCLINE, SAN MATEO FAULT AND ANTICLINE, POISON CANYON FAULT

References

MRDS	D012099
DEP	60000397
Reference	{Deposit:: TRAUGER, F.D., ED., 1967, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 228 P.}{Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, 166 P.}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, F.A., 1975, NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 P.}{Deposit:: FASSET, J.E., AND JAMES, H.L., EDS., 1977, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 28TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 319 P.}{Deposit:: PERKINS, B.L., 1979, AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY, NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148}{Deposit:: URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980, NM ENERGY AND MINERALS REPORT}{Deposit:: RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, 400 P.}{Deposit:: MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183}