The Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict is a vanadium and uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico.
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Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict
Secondary: Mariano Lake
Secondary: Ambrosia Lake
Secondary: Poison Canyon
Secondary: Poison Creek
Secondary: Pentata
Secondary: Prewitt
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: GRANTS URANIUM DISTRICT: SMITH LAKE SUBDISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: STRATIFORM
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1983
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: MARIANO (SMITH LAKE) ANTICLINE, BIG DRAW FAULT ZONE, BLUEWATER FAULT
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM. 15, P. 49-52
Reference (Deposit): MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 41-42
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20-28
Reference (Deposit): RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 153-194
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR, OFR-148
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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