Description
Paddy Martinez, Grants, Nm
Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
TertiarySelenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlA Series Of Faults And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Coffinite, Tyuyamunite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructurePoison Canyon Fault, The Poison Canyon Fault And A Series Of Smaller Faults And Fractures.
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1952
Last production1980
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10072196
MRDS IDW016958
Alternate namesPoison Canyon, Mine: Moe No. 1, Poison Canyon A Adit, Poison Canyon Westwater Adit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.34311, -107.82701
References
RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 121-135HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 36.MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATATESSENDORF, T.N., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 226-229ANDERSON, E.C., 1955, OCCURENCES OF URAN ORE IN N.M., NMBMMR CIRC 29NMBMMR MINE FILESGEOLOGIC MAP OF GRANTS URAN REGION, 1979, NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9, 1979.NMBMMR MAP FILEFILE, 1965, NMBM CIRC 77NMSMIR, 1953