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Dalton Pass - Section 30 Deposit

Occurrence in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014536
MRDS ID D011355
Record type Site
Current site name Dalton Pass - Section 30 Deposit
Alternate or previous names Deposit: United Nuclear/Tva
Related records 10223339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.26064, 35.67448 (WGS84)
Elevation 2311
Relative position ABOUT 43.2 MILES N 32 W OF GRANTS, NM, For Center Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dalton Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chaco(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 McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017N 013W 30 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

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
    Rock description Morrison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.26064, 35.67448
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer United Nuclear Corp. And The Tennesee Valley Authority (Tva)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 2500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.12 wt-pct Uranium Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OREBODY WAS DELINEATED WITH 2200 TO 2800 FOOT DRILLHOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY", NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT, P. 84

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT IS AVAILABLE.
Deposit Discovery Year: MID-1970'S

Reporter information

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

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