Section 23,26 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014544
MRDS ID D011366
Record type Site
Current site name Section 23,26 Mine
Related records 10151214

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.86451, 35.33616 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position ABOUT 12.8 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

Dos Lomas(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 013N 010W 23,26 SE (23); NE (26) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR BUILDINGS LOCATED NEAR THE OPEN PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Todilto Limestone
    Rock description Todilto Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.86451, 35.33616

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thoreau Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Conjugate Joint System

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Conjugate Joint System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Haystack Mountain And Development Co., Prewitt, Nm
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1957 To 1958
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.32 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 21,826 TONS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 536.45M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF OPEN PITS THAT HAVE A WNW-ESE OVERALL TREND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-150

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36

  • 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 IN A CLUSTER OF SMALL AND MEDIUM IRREGULARLY SHAPED DEPOSITS IN AN ELONGATE ZONE THAT TRENDS EASTWARD.

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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