Shiprock Group

Occurrence in San Juan county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014286
MRDS ID D010992
Record type Site
Current site name Shiprock Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.50065, 36.9028 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 29.6 MILES N 10 W OF AZTEC, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 031N 016W New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION OF MIDPOINT OF GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF DEPOSITS. DEPOSITS ARE LOCATED ON AN ARC STARTING 8 MILES EAST OF SHIPROCK, NM AND ENDING 15 MILES SOUTH OF CORTEZ, CO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Thorium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED 2.8% TI02, 0.42% ZR02, 12.8% FE, 0.03% EQUIVELENT TH02

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.50065, 36.9028

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip FLAT LYING

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE MENEFEE MEMBER OF THE MESAVERDE FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Us A.E.C.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1957, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 8TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 212-217

  • Deposit

    DOW, V.T., AND J.V. BATTY, 1961, USBM, ROI 5860, P. 34-42

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS SMALL ELONGATE LENSES TRENDING NORTHWARD
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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