Uranium deposits in the Galisteo Formation of the Hagan Basin, Sandoval County, New Mexico

Uranium mineralization is found in economic concentrations in the Eocene Galisteo Formation situated in the Hagan basin structural embayment of the Rio Grande trough (fig. 1). The Diamond Tail project under the control of the Metals Division of Union Carbide Corporation consists of about 13,000 acres of land holdings in T13N R6E, N.M.P.M., Sandoval County, New Mexico.