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Francis Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  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 10014706
MRDS ID D011593
Record type Site
Current site name Francis Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Francis 1-35
Related records 10272135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.02563, 35.42922 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position ABOUT 23.6 MILES N25W 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 08 NW OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MIDPOINT BETWEEN THE THREE ADITS SHOWN ON THE THOREAU NE QUADRANGLE. ; 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) -108.02563, 35.42922
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bluewater Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.76M

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 1953
Discoverer Henry E. Andrews
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry E. Andrews

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 To 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.41 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 755 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 15-FT ADITS, ONE 50 TO 75-FT ADIT AND A VERY SHORT TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • HOLMQUIST (1970, P. 27) LISTS THE ANACONDA COMPANY AS THE LAST OPERATOR OF THE FRANCIS. ANDERSON (1980) LISTS FARRIS BROTHERS AS THE LAST OPERATOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 27

  • 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 MINERALIZED FOSSIL LOGS AND TABULAR LAYERS IN A SANDSTONE LENS DIRECTLY BENEATH THE DAKOTA SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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