| 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: | -107.86368, 35.33338 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2140 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 12.0 MILES N 6 W OF GRANTS, NM. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013N | 010W | 26 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.86368, 35.33338 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thorfau Homocline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | A Conjugate Fault Set |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| 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 |
| Year | 1957 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1952 To 1957 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.38 Percent U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011371 |
MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 147
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 37
ANDERSON, O.J., 19808 NMBMMR OFR-148, P MC-149
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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