Description
Santa Fe Railroad
Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding Planes And A Fault
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructureChaco Slope-Ambrosia Lake Dome, Ambrosia Lake Dome And One Fault
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1956
Last production1962
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10014459
MRDS IDD011244
Alternate namesMines: Rio De Oro, Section 11, Dysart
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.45422, -107.87284
References
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.57-58ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148, MCKINLEY COUNTYMCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATANM BOM BUL 87