The Bernabe Prospect is a uranium mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.2225, -107.00444
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Bernabe Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bernabe Prospect
Secondary: Prospect: Bernabe-Montano Grant
Secondary: Bernabe Montano Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1971
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS AREA. LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM CHAPMAN, WOOD & GRISWOLD, INC.'S MAP (SHEET 3, 1979). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THE OREBODY WAS DELINEATED BY OVER 2000 DRILL HOLES. THE ORE ZONES ARE HIGHLY FAULTED. THIS DEPOSIT REPRESENTS THE EASTERN LIMIT OF ECONOMIC ORE IN THE GRANTS MINERAL BELT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF OVER 2000 DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1, P. 1-416
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, M.W., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 70-74
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD & GRISWOLD, INC., 1979, NMBMMR GM-31, SHEET 3
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L. AND H.K. HOLEN, NMBMMR MEM. 38, P. 17-21
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): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
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