The Upper Canyon Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,879 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 36.75944, -109.04611
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Upper Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TABULAR LAYERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LIMITED RESOURCES
Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF U-V ORE PRODUCED AT UPPER CANYON MINE, GRADE RANGING FROM 0.13% TO 0.34% U3O8 AND 2.3-2.79% V2O5
Comment (Geology): CHANNELING AND CROSS LAMINATION NOTED, ORE HAS HIGH LIME CONTENT
References
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1951, CARNOTITE DEPOSITS IN THE CARRIZO MTNS. AREA, U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR III, 5 P.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1955, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NW CARRIZO AREA, FOUR CORNERS FIELD COVE, NO. 1
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1973, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NE ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, P. 145
Reference (Deposit): PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM, AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182, P. 235-248.
Reference (Production): N.M.G.S. 24TH GUIDEBOOK, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 182
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