The Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico.
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Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict
Secondary: Gallup District
Secondary: Church Rock Area
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: GALLUP DISTRICT
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: Producer
Deposit Type: STRATIFORM
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1983
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: MONOCLINE
Description: NUTRIA MONOCLINE
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY, NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980, NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, 400 P.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183
Reference (Deposit): TRAUGER, F.D., ED., 1967, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 228 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, 166 P.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, F.A., 1975, NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 P.
Reference (Deposit): FASSET, J.E., AND JAMES, H.L., EDS., 1977, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 28TH FIELD CONFERENCE, 319 P.
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