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Red Top Mines

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014707
MRDS ID D011594
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.02702, 35.42783 (WGS84)
Elevation 2138
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 22.0 MILES N29W 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 20 SE OF 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
Carnotite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.02702, 35.42783
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Big Draw Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Red Top Uranium Mining Co.
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Red Top Uranium Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1955 To 1956
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.12 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 165 TONS OF ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN-PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 LIMESTONE BEDS NEAR THE SURFACE.

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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