Deposit: Uranium is is a thick red shale.

Deposit type: Sandstone U

Geology: U is present in a thick dark-to orange-red shale directly overlying the middle sandstone member.

Rock formation(s): Chinle (Cuervo)

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Uranium

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Sandstone

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10014999

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Mazatzal DomainDomain
Mazatzal TerraneVolcanic Arc
Tucumcari BasinBasin

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References

Finch, W.I., (1972), New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Guidebook 23

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