| Deposit ID | 10014551 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011375 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Section 26 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims: 113 Claims-No Names Given |
| Related records | 10248100 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.96257, 35.41672 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2127 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18.0 MILES N 4 W OF GRANTS, NM |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 010W | 26 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.96257, 35.41672 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ambrosia Lake Dome |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | A Northwest-Trending Fracture System |
| General form | TABULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| Year of first production | 1962 |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kerr-Mcgee |
| Home office | P.O. Box 218, Grants, N.M. 87020 |
| First year | 1984 |
| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1962 To 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.17 Percent U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011375 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 40
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 66-67
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS AS A LARGE MULTI-LAYER CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS CONTROLLED BY A NORTHWEST-TRENDING FRACTURE SYSTEM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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