TRIP PLANNED FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 17th
TO FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3rd:
From Stephen Buggie, seller, Gallup NM.
I will be away on a trip to the Canadian East
Coast from Tuesday October 17th to Friday
November 3rd. Uranium rocks purchased from
me during my absence from home will be shipped
out within 2-3 days of my return home. Please
wait patiently, after you buy a rock! Thank you,
Stephen Buggie, Bonanza seller; Gallup NM 87301
JTL URANIUM ROCK
JURASSIC TODILTO
LIMESTONE
2.8 oz weight
$18.00 cost
29,000. CPM Radiation
$9.50 priority shipping cost
This rock was collected at ground level
(not underground) during May 2019, at the
Jurassic Canyon, located 20 miles NW of the
town of Grants NM. As a type of limestone,
it was produced at a body of water in visible
layers. Of the several types of uranium minerals,
its layers of mineral are very visible. When you
buy this rock, I will enclose a photocopy of a
research article that confirms that the rock
was produced gradually in water, during a
time interval of thousands or millions of years.
The water body was called Ambrosia Lake,
which has been dry for millions of years.
This rock is really attractive, despite its low cost:
It has no cracks or breaks, It has TWO WHITE
DOTS, suggesting more uranium inside, Its
several layers are visible, and it is clear that the
rock evolved for thousands of years at the bottom
of ancient Jurassic-era waterways.
The really special feature of Jurassic Todilto
Limestone is that, this is the type of uranium
rock that is most likely to contain fossils of
radioactive dinosaurs, at least when compared with
other types of uranium ore. Why is radioactivity so
likely to be found at Jurassic Canyon? The answer
is clear: This canyon is situated in the shadow
of MOUNT TAYLOR, a long-extinct volcano that
carried radioactive uranium from deep within the
Earth, transporting this mineral to the surface
or to shallow locations near the surface. The
Mount Taylor Mine is located five miles from
Jurassic Canyon; this mine has the richest past
history of producing uranium; richest compared
with all other undeground mines in USA. The
"Mother Lode" of the Mount Taylor Mine is at a
3,000. ft depth, and it extends horizontally for six
miles, going directly under the extinct volcano. The
Mother Lode varies from 200 ft to 600 ft thick, at
the 3,000. ft depth. The Mount Taylor volcano
was very active from 200 million to 146 million
years ago, when this local area was inhabited by
many species of dinosaurs, including ALLOSAURUS,
"the king of radioactive dinosaurs." The T-Rex
species, featured often in Hollywood movies, did
not inhabit this area until 50 million years later,
when the uranium volcano had become extinct, and
when much of the uranium mineral was covered
by soil. This volcano was named after U.S.
President Zachary Taylor, who followed President
James Polk, who defeated Mexico in the U.S. -
Mexican War of the late 1840s.
SUGGESTION TO URANIUM
ROCK HOUNDS: JOIN ME SOON
TO COLLECT MORE ROCKS!
The underground mines at Jurassic
Canyon closed during the late 1980s,
because nuclear power had become
unpopular at that time. But today,
nuclear power has restored its
popularity among environmentalists,
mainly because it has NO carbon
content and it contributes nothing
to global warming. The underground
mining will resurrect, if/when the
world price of uranium reaches
$65.00 per lb. Currently, that
price is rising, and is approx.
$58.00. The whole town of Grants
NM is eager to see the return of
prosperity when the mines are
opened again!
But uranium "rockhounds" should
arrange with me soon, to join me for
uranium rock-collecting; when the
mines re-open, fences around them
will keep "rockhounds" away from the
best rock-collecting sites! It has
now been two full years since I
have been out there collecting rocks
with visitors; join me now! My first
14 of 35 trips to Jurassic Canyon
were done alone, but that is risky
because the uranium field is inhabited
by a few rattlesnakes; I fear that,
if I collect rocks alone and get a
snake bite, I might not be able to
drive the car 22 miles to the hospital
in Grants. I need a companion when
collecting the rocks! On the last day
of a 3-5 day outing, I divide the
found rocks with the guest, 50-50
so we each get the same weight of
found rocks, at the end. If any
found rocks are radioactive dinosaur
fossils, those too are shared 50-50.
Arrange your rock-collecting visit!
Stephen Buggie, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup
Gallup, NM 87301