San Antonio Valley Deposit

Prospect in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013007
MRDS ID D009057
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Valley Deposit
Alternate or previous names San Antonio Valley Uranium Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2645, 35.257 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 34 MILES N 78 E OF GRANTS, Within A Radius Of One Mile., Within A Radius Of One Mile., Within A Radius Of One Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marquez(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 Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012N 004W 21 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DERIVED FROM SHEET NO. 3 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED ON TO UNSURVEYED CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.2645, 35.257

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluviatile Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM..

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Laguna Subdistrict: Marquez Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Exxon Minerals Co.
    Home office 5101 Copper Ne, Albuquerque, N.M. 87108
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MAY BE BY IN SITU LEACHING METHODS.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION BY CORE DRILLING AND GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31

  • Deposit

    MOORE, S.C., AND LAVERY, N.G., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 276-283

  • Deposit

    URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 110-111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN AN ELONGATE, SOUTHEAST-TRENDING DEPOSIT ABOUT 1 MI. LONG, 1000 FT. WIDE, 6 FT. TO 12 FT. THICK AND AT A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 800 FT..

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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