Geology and Uranium Deposits of the Carrizo Mountains Area Apache County, Arizona and San Juan County, New Mexico
Description:
Although uranium gas first discovered in the Carrizo Mountains area in 1918, the ores were not developed until 1942. They have, however, been mined continuously since that time. Formations in the area range from the Pernian Cutler through the Cretaceous Mancos shale, and all are intruded by a dioritic laccolith and its related dikes. The older structures, which include the Defiance
Uplift, the San Juan Basin, and the Four Corners Platform are somewhat disrupted by the effects of the intrusion. …
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Date:
August 1958
Creator:
Hershey, Robert E.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department