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Crownpoint-Section 29 Mine

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014541
MRDS ID D011363
Record type Site
Current site name Crownpoint-Section 29 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.13119, 35.68061 (WGS84)
Elevation 2083
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 42.40 MILES N 32 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

Crownpoint(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 012W 29 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
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) -108.13119, 35.68061
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 TO 80 WEST
    Dip 1-2 NE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 1609.34M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to bottom 609.6M

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 1972
Discoverer Conoco Inc., Albuquerque, Nm 87112

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLING OF 348 HOLES ON A 200-FT GRID DELINEATED THE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVEIW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT, 147 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    WENTWORTH, D.W., D.A. PORTER AND H.N. JENSEN, 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 139-144

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ORE PODS IN FOUR HORIZONS, LOCATED IN CHANNEL SANDSTONES.

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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