Description
Santa Fe Railroad
Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Features
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Tyuyamunite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructureBluewater Fault, North-Trending East-Facing Fault Scarp In The Upthrown Block Of The Bluewater Fault
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1955
Last production1972
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10014705
MRDS IDD011592
Alternate namesPatented Claim: No Name Listed In Literature
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.46116, -108.01313
References
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 41HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 28ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA