Description
Sam Stone, Las Vegas, Nm (1961)
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryTantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formOTHER: DIKE
Ore controlPegmatite Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsEuxenite, Uranophane
GangueBiotite, Feldspar, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockPegmatite
Tectonic settingSangre De Cristo Uplift
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1955
Last production1956
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10009172
MRDS IDD001881
Alternate namesMine: Sparks-Stone No. 1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.6495, -105.49584
References
PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE U. S., U. S. G. S. MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 36REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 75-76ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148MCLEMORE, V.T., 1982, NMBMMR OFR-182, P. 1-513NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAMCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-513