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Section 1 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012341
MRDS ID D007915
Record type Site
Current site name Section 1 Mine
Related records 10175333

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.73812, 35.38755 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Lucas Dam(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 013N 009W 01 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

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) -107.73812, 35.38755
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER (POISON CANYON SANDSTONE) OF THE MORRISON FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District

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 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, M.W., AND OTHERS, 1980 U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, OFR PGJ-016, 168 PAGES

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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