New Mexico · McKinley County
Past Producer

Section 23,26 Mine

McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
UraniumVanadium
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Description

Haystack Mountain And Development Co., Prewitt, Nm

Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlA Conjugate Joint System
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Coffinite, Pitchblende
GangueFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Todilto Limestone
StructureThoreau Homocline, A Conjugate Joint System
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1957
Last production1958
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10014544
MRDS IDD011366
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.33616, -107.86451
References
MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-150HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA