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Section 36 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Geologic structures
  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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014461
MRDS ID D011247
Record type Site
Current site name Section 36 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: J and M, United Western, Lease 60-167, Vca Mine
Related records 10223537

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.84062, 35.40561 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Relative position ABOUT 16.8 MILES DUE NORTH OF GRANTS, NM.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico D14N 010W 36 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical 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) -107.84062, 35.40561
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-System

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER AND THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER-POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Andre Senutovitch
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District; Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Jacinto Petroleum Co.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1957 To 1959
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.51 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM MINE EQUALLED 5,249 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 124.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 2-COMPARTMENT 5-FT X 9-FT TIMBERED SHAFT WHICH BOTTOMED IN DRY GROUND AT 407 FEET. BY MARCH, 1958 DRIFTS HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO ALL OREBODIES. IN 1960 THE MINE AREA WAS SURFACE DRILLED BU APPARENTLY WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN FINDING MORE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.41

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.70

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE SEVERAL HIGH GRADE DEPOSITS LOCATED ALONG FAULTS IN THE AREA.
Deposit Discovery Year: E,1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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