The West Largo Deposit is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,986 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,986 Feet (2,434 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.52639, -107.92639
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West Largo Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Largo Deposit
Secondary: Deposit: Gulf
Secondary: Santa Fe Industries
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
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: 1977
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): THERE IS NOT A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THIS DEPOSIT IN LITERATURE.
Comment (Workings): THE OREBODY WAS DELINEATED BY DRILLHOLES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1970'S
References
Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT,
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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