The Collins Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,519 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.66833, -106.89583
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Collins Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Collins Mine
Secondary: Mine: Warm Springs
Secondary: Burke-Goodner Lease
Secondary: Goodner
Secondary: J.Walker No. 1
Secondary: Claim: Warm Springs Prospect
Secondary: White Lillie 1
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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 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
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 48
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 311
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
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