Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlStructurally Controlled Between Intersection Of Two Step-Faults, And Confined Stratigraphically To The Nopal And Coloradas Formations.
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Uraninite, Uranophane, Weeksite
Geology
Associated rockVitrophyre · Coloradas Formation;Nopal Formation
AlterationArgillic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10049494
MRDS IDMX02216
Alternate namesEl Nopal
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates29.11134, -106.03442
References
CARDENAS F., D., 1983, VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SIERRA DE PENA BLANCA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA; GUIDEBOOK FOR THE 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE: EL PASO, TEXAS, EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 325-334.GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, OCT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.