Description
Santa Fe Railroad
Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlA Conjugate Joint Set
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Pitchblende, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane
GangueBarite, Fluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Todilto Limestone
StructureThoreau Homocline, A Syncline, Several Small Faults, And A Conjugate Joint Set
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1952
Last production1981
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10014543
MRDS IDD011365
Alternate namesOperation Haystack, Section 25 Open Pit, Claims: Red Rock Claims, T.A.G. Claims, Mine: Section 25 Decline, Section 25 Seq, Desiderio, Amiran
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.32644, -107.8484
References
MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P.136-149HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 37HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.107ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA