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Section 24 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012284
MRDS ID D007833
Record type Site
Current site name Section 24 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.85312, 35.42255 (WGS84)
Elevation 2128
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES N 2 W OF GRANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambrosia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014N 010W 24 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR SHAFT SHOWN ON THE AMBROSIA LAKE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERAL IDENTIFIED BY GRANGER, H.C., 1963, P. 29

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison
    Rock description Morrison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.85312, 35.42255
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluviatile Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MAINLY OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM. BUT LOCALLY MAY PARTLY OCCUR IN THE LOWER BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1959
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 218, Grants, N.M. 87020
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 252.98M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS IS BY AN 830 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANTOS, E.S., AND THADEN, R.E., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-515

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 40, P. 69

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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