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==Economic geology== The Morrison Formation contains [[uranium]] deposits, including the Jackpile uranium body discovered near [[Grants, New Mexico]] in 1951.<ref name="owen-etal-1984"/> The ore deposits in the rich Grants mineral belt are concentrated in sandstone beds of the Westwater Canyon Member and the Jackpile Member. Mines in this belt produced {{convert|340000000|lbs|kg|sp=us}} of [[Triuranium octoxide|U<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8</sub>]] between 1948 and 2002. The uranium was precipitated by plant debris and [[Humic substance|humate]] that acted as reducing agents.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wilton |first1=Ted |last2=Chavez | first2=William X. Jr. |last3=Caldwell |first3=Samantha |title=Sandstone-hosted uranium deposits at the Cebolleta Land Grant, Cibola County, New Mexico |journal=New Mexico Geological Society Special Publication |date=2020 |volume=14 |pages=67β75 |url=https://nmgs.nmt.edu/publications/special/14/NMGS_SP-14.pdf |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>
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