Description
Adrian Berryhill
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryVanadium, Selenium, Molybdenum, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlThe Major Control Of Ore Deposition Is The Thickness Of The Sandstone.
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Jordisite, Montroseite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Kaolin
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructureChaco Slope - Ambrosia Lake Dome, A Graben Occupies The West Half Of The Section
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1959
Last production1980
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10014458
MRDS IDD011242
Alternate namesMine: Section 34, John Billy Shaft, Patented Claims 1960: Sandstone Group, Sandstone No. 6, Sandstone Annex No. 3 and 4, Unpatented Claims: 45 Claims-See Holmquist 1970,P.87
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.39612, -107.76973
References
HARMON, C.F. AND P.S. TAYLOR, 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P.102-108HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.87-89FOSTER, J.F. AND R.J. QUINTANAR, 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P.240-243MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA