New Mexico · Mora County
Past Producer

Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine

Mora County, New Mexico, United States
UraniumVanadiumCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite, Roscoelite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Sangre De Cristo
StructureJarosa Syncline, And Several Faults
Tectonic settingLas Vegas Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1954
Last production1954
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10014845
MRDS IDD011899
Alternate namesMine: John Hays, Area F, Arturo Le Deoux Property, Anomoly #9
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.08755, -105.22694
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 109HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 39-44ZELLER, H.D. AND BALTZ, E.H., JR., 1954, USGS CIRC 334, 10 P.SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 30-32.TSCHANZ, C.M., LAUB, D.C., AND FULLER, G.W., 1958, USGS BULL 1030-L, 55 P.MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAMCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1