| Deposit ID | 10014458 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011242 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350310019 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sandstone Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Section 34, John Billy Shaft, Patented Claims 1960: Sandstone Group, Sandstone No. 6, Sandstone Annex No. 3 and 4, Unpatented Claims: 45 Claims-See Holmquist 1970,P.87 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.76973, 35.39612 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2141 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17.60 MILES N 4 E OF GRANTS, NM. Shaft shown and labeled on topo. Waste pile visible on satellite imagery (Bing). |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 009W | 34 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Selenium | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Jordisite | Ore |
| Montroseite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| Main Entrance (1) | -107.76973, 35.39612 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Chaco Slope - Ambrosia Lake Dome |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | A Graben Occupies The West Half Of The Section |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
| Dip | FLAT |
| Thickness | 18.29M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 45.72M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1956 |
| Discoverer | Adrian Berryhill |
| Year of first production | 1959 |
| Year of last production | 1980 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Nuclear Corp. Mining And Milling |
| Home office | P.O. Drawer Qq, Gallup N.M. 87301 |
| First year | 1982 |
| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1959 To 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.17 Percent U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 298.7M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011242 |
HARMON, C.F. AND P.S. TAYLOR, 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P.102-108
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.87-89
FOSTER, J.F. AND R.J. QUINTANAR, 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P.240-243
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS IN FIVE TABULAR ZONES SEPERATED BY DISCONTINUOUS MUDSTONE UNITS. CARBONAECOUS MATERIAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH MINERALIZATION. A GRABEN IS LOCATED IN THE WEST HALF OF THE SECTION. THE MAJOR GRABEN FAULTS ARE PARALLEL NORMAL FAULTS STRIKING N 10 E AND DIPPING 60 TO 70 DEGREES EAST AND WEST. THE FAULTS ARE 500 FEET APART AT THE RECAPTURE-WESTWATER CONTACT AND HAVE DISPLACEMENTS OF 40 AND 55 FEET. THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL FAULTS AND NUMEROUS FRACTURES THROUGHOUT THE MINE. THERE WERE ORIGINALLY 45 CLAIMS MADE TO LOCATE THIS PROPERTY (HOLMQUIST, P.87). IN 1960 18 CLAIMS WERE PUT UNDER PATENT. PATENT NO 1207214 COVERS MINERAL SURVEYS 2210, 2217, AND 2218 COVERING 323.75 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Editor | 03-NOV-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted 10126231 |
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0350310019 = 10126231 |
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