Evelyn 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014705
MRDS ID D011592
Record type Site
Current site name Evelyn Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim: No Name Listed In Literature
Related records 10125788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.01313, 35.46116 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 23.6 MILES N24W 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

Thoreau NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(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 014N 011W 09 NW 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
Coffinite Ore
Tyuyamunite 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) -108.01313, 35.46116

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bluewater Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending East-Facing Fault Scarp In The Upthrown Block Of The Bluewater Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Features

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Santa Fe Railroad
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1972

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Clark And Co.
    Home office Grand Junction, Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Period 1953 To 1972
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Percent U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS INTERMITTENT AND TOTALLED 10,743 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE 350-FT ADIT, TWO 30-FT ADITS, AND ONE 40-FT ADIT THERE ARE SEVERAL 18-INCH DIAMETER METAL-LINED VENTILATION SHAFTS ABOVE AND WEST OF THE MINE ENTRANCE. ALL OF THE ADITS WERE DRIVEN WESTWARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 41

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 28

  • 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 DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL ORE BODIES, ASSOCIATED WITH ABUNDANT CARBONIZED AND MACERATED PLANT DEBRIS, LOCATED MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL PART OF A SANDSTONE LENS. HOLMQUIST (1970, P. 28) REPORTS THE ENTIRE SECTION IS PATENTED. HE GIVES NO PATENT NAME

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references