Section 10 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014537
MRDS ID D011356
Record type Site
Current site name Section 10 Mine
Related records 10175101

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.87673, 35.45644 (WGS84)
Elevation 2169
Relative position ABOUT 21.6 MILES N 11 W 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

Goat Mountain(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 014N 010W 10 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

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) -107.87673, 35.45644

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ambrosia Lake Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Major Fault And Bedding Structures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Major Fault And Bedding Structures

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 Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Dunn Brothers
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cobb Resources Corp.
    Home office 313 Washington Se, Albuquerque, N.M. 87108
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Period 1957 To 1980
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.20 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 130,767 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 467-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 39

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 49-50

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS STACK ORE IN CLUSTERS. THE ORE IS A WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE DYSART NO. 1 OREBODY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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