Description
Sabre-Pinon Corp.
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryMolybdenum, Selenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlChannel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Jordisite, Tyuyamunite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructureDeposit Consists Of Ore Trending West-Northwest And Ore Stacked Along Fracture Zones.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1959
Last production1979
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10012513
MRDS IDD008172
Alternate namesHomestake-Sapin Mine No. 23
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.42977, -107.87201
References
GOULD, W., SMITH, R.B., METZGER, S.P., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 66-71SANTOS, E.S., AND THADEN, R.E., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-515HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 40, 69CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P.6NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981 NEW REGISTRATIONSNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA