Section 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014548
MRDS ID D011371
Record type Site
Current site name Section 26 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Hanosh, Indian Allotment
Related records 10198746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.86368, 35.33338 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 12.0 MILES N 6 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)

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 013N 010W 26 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
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -107.86368, 35.33338

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thorfau Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Conjugate Fault Set

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Conjugate Fault Set

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Hanosh Mines, Inc., Grants, Nm
Year of first production 1952
Year of last production 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1952 To 1957
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.38 Percent U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 11,110 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 155-FOOT DECLINE SHAFT AND A LARGE OPEN PIT. THE OPEN PIT IS 25-FT. DEEP AND ABOUT 50-FT. SQUARE. THE PORTAL OF THE DECLINE IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF A 75-FT LONG, 20-FT DEEP BOX CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 147

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 37

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 19808 NMBMMR OFR-148, P MC-149

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED, WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE ORE IN SECTION 25. THE ORE IS CONTAINED IN SMALL POCKETS OF FLUORITE AND IS CONTROLLED BY CONJUGATE JOINT SETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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