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Section 22 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014538
MRDS ID D011357
Record type Site
Current site name Section 22 Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims 1957: Nite Nos. 1-4, Unpatented Claims: 108 Unnamed In Lit. Claims
Related records 10175597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.8809, 35.43283 (WGS84)
Elevation 2161
Relative position ABOUT 19.2 MILES N 7 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 22 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE 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) -107.8809, 35.43283
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 7.32M
    Depth to bottom 109.73M

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 Kermac
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mcgee Corp.
    Home office Grants, N.M.

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Period 1958 To 1980
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.18 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 3,189,051 TONS OF ORE. HEAP LEACHING PRODUCED 38,105 LBS U308. THIS WAS THE FIRST MINE IN THE DISTRICT TO PRODUCE 2,000,000 TONS OF ORE, IN SEPT. 1966.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 826-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 40

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 53-54

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS STACK ORE ALONG A MAJOR FAULT.

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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