The Fife Prospects is a uranium mine located in Quay county, New Mexico.
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Fife Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fife Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Quay
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Pecos Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Form: STRATA-BOUND
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE LOCATION, 2 KM ACCURACY
Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVE PALE-YELLOW-GREEN LAMINATED CLAYSTONE 8 IN THICK. CHANNEL SAMPLE TESTED .001% U3O8 AND .007% EU3O8. ANOTHER SAMPLE HAD .033% EU3O8.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): FINCH, W.I., 1972, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK 23
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