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Zia Mines

Past Producer in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012897
MRDS ID D008897
Record type Site
Current site name Zia Mines
Alternate or previous names La Jara Deposits, La Jara Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.77756, 35.26506 (WGS84)
Elevation 2156
Relative position ABOUT 8.5 MILES N 26 E OF GRANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Lomas(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)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012N 009W 15 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE ZIA MINES AS SHOWN ON THE DOS LOMAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Todilto Limestone;Entrada Sandstone
    Rock description Todilto Limestone;Entrada Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.77756, 35.26506
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1952
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District : Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Zia Mining Co.
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1952 To 1958
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Period 1952 To 1958
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTED IN 1963 TO HAVE BEEN MINED FROM OPEN PITS. DOS LOMAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE SHOWS A SHAFT AT THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-149

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND OSTLING, E.J., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-680

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59, 95

  • Production

    U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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