Description
Haystack Mountain Development Corp.
Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlIntraformational Folds; Bedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Pitchblende
GangueBarite, Calcite, Fluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Todilto Limestone
StructureThoreau Homocline, Intraformational Folds Of The Minor Harmonic Type, Trending And Plunging Northwestward.
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1951
Last production1981
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10089318
MRDS IDW016956
Alternate namesMine: Haystack Butte, Section 19, Haystack 2, Bicba, Nm-B-1 Lease, Arthur Bibo, Railroad Section, Section 24, Section 19 Open-Pit Complex, Section 13 Open Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.34866, -107.94702
References
MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-149HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36-37HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 106-109PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY", NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORTMCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA