Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryMolybdenum, Selenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSedimentary Structures, 3 Major North-Trending Strike-Slip Faults And Permeability Of The Rocks.
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite
GangueCarnotite, Tyuyamunite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructureMariano Anticline, 3 Major North-Trending Strike-Slip Faults And Numerous Shear Fractures.
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1959
Last production1971
Discovery year1958
Identification
Deposit ID10072195
MRDS IDW016954
Alternate namesMine: Black Jack No. 1-Smith Lake
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.54588, -108.16841
References
MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 22ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA