Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTOCKWORK"
Ore controlStructurally Controlled By Series Of Subertical N-S Trending Step Faults. Stratigraphically Confined To Escuadra Fm And Laharic Basal Member Of Chontes Conglomerate.
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Powellite, Uranophane, Weeksite
Geology
Host rockLake Sediments
Associated rockLake Sediments
StructureDeposit Appears To Have Formed In A Small Basin In Pre-Existing Reef Limestones.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049493
MRDS IDMX02215
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.12134, -106.06831
References
CARDENAS, F.D., 1983, VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SIERRA DE PENA BLANCA, CHIHUAHUIHA, MEXICO, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA; GUIDEBOOK FOR THE 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE: EL PASO TEXAS, EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 325-334CIMRI