The Diamond Tail Prospect is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico.
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Diamond Tail Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Diamond Tail Prospect
Secondary: Prospect: Union Carbide Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Hagan Coal District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide
Home Office: 6009 0suna Ne, Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1979 -
Owner Name: Koppen Mining And Construction Corp.
Home Office: 2921 Carlisle Ne, Suite 205, Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1977 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1977
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Diamond Tail Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM MAP BY J.C. MOORE (1979). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1, P. 1-424
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS FOUND WITHIN TWO DISTINCT SANDSTONE UNITS AS A MODIFIED ROLL-TYPE FORM. THE DEPOSIT WAS DELINEATED BY DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL DRILLHOLES, 2 STOPES AND A 19-DEGREE INCLINE THAT IS 295 FEET LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX
Reference (Deposit): HATCHELL, W.O. AND C. WENTZ, 1981, "URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY,--A REVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY 1980,"NEW MEXICO ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT, 226 P.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 261-264
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.C., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 265-267
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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