Description
Phillips Petroleum Co.
Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
TertiaryMolybdenum, Selenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTHE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO OREBODIES-ONE IS A LARGE IRREGULAR, ROUGHLY CIRCULAR MASS AND THE OTHER A LONG, NARROW POD THAT TRENDS SOUTHEASTWARD. A LARGE, 100-FT CYLINDRICAL COLLAPSE STRUCTURE OCCURS IN THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE MAIN OREBODY: ORE IN THE COLLAPSE STRUCTURE IS DISPLACED ABOUT 20 FEET. THE ORE IS GENERALLY THICKER AND HIGHER GRADE THAN IN ADJACENT WALLS BUT SAME STRATIGRAPHIC ZONE
Ore controlStructural And Sedimentary Features
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Montroseite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison
StructureSan Mateo Anticline, San Mateo Anticline; A 100-Ft, Cylindrical Collapse Structure.
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1960
Last production1983
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10100911
MRDS IDW016960
Alternate namesMine: Phillips, Kerr-Mcgee, Section 36
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.39561, -107.75006
References
CLARK, D.S., AND S.R. HAVENSTRITE, 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 108-116HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 39SQUYRES, J.B., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 86-96MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATANMBMMR MINES FILENMBMMR MAP FILESNMSMIR, 1958NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31, 1979NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9, 1979FILE, 1965, NMBM CIRC 77