JTL:  JURASSIC TODILTO

LIMESTONE URANIUM ROCK

JTL URANIUM ROCK

JURASSIC TODILTO LIMESTONE

4.3 oz weight

30,000. CPM Radiation

$9.50  shipping cost

This rock was collected at ground level

(not underground) during April 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.

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 underground 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 earned credit for defeating Mexico

in the U.S. - Mexican War of the late 1840s.

(Mexico declared war on the USA when Texas

was admitted as a U.S. state in 1845.)

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.

$57.00. The whole town of Grants

NM is eager to see the return of

local prosperity when the mines are

re-opened again! Disregarding

inflation, workers' income levels at

Grants NM were at their highest

levels ever during the uranium mining

era, 1950-1989. Miners during that

era proudly displayed on their cars,

a declaration plate that Grants NM

was then "the uranium capital of

the world." But uranium "rockhound

hobbyists" should arrange with

me soon, to join me for uranium

rock-collecting; when the mines

re-open, tall 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