New Mexico · McKinley County
Past Producer

Mesa Top Mine

McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
UraniumVanadiumMolybdenum
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Description

Holly Uranium Corp., Grants, Nm

Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Coffinite, Ilsemannite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructureSan Mateo Fault
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1954
Last production1968
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10014545
MRDS IDD011367
Alternate namesMine: Mesa Top No.5, Mesa Top No.18 and 20, Mesa Top No.7, Moe, Davenport
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.34172, -107.81729
References
RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 126-129HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA