Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine

Past Producer in Mora county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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 10014845
MRDS ID D011899
Record type Site
Current site name Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: John Hays, Area F, Arturo Le Deoux Property, Anomoly #9

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.22694, 36.08755 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position ABOUT 12.0 MILES N 40 E OF MORA, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mora(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mora(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Mora

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022N 016E 27 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PROSPECTS SHOWN ON THE MAP. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Roscoelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.22694, 36.08755

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jarosa Syncline, And Several Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH - SOUTH
    Dip 60 TO 70 WEST
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1954
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Coyote Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Galisteo Mining Co.
    First year 1954

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^U308 - 0.04%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TRENCHES, PITS, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 109

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 39-44

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, H.D. AND BALTZ, E.H., JR., 1954, USGS CIRC 334, 10 P.

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 30-32.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., LAUB, D.C., AND FULLER, G.W., 1958, USGS BULL 1030-L, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit THE URANIUM OCCURS WITH COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE LOWER PART OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO FORMATION. THE URANIUM-VANADIUM ORE-GRADE DEPOSITS ARE SMALL, CLOSELY SPACED POCKETS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONIZED WOOD AND HEMATITE IN THE PINK, FLUVATILE SANDSTONE UNIT. MOST OF THESE POCKETS ARE LESS THAN 2 FEET THICK AND 10 FEET LONG. URANIUM ALSO OCCURS IN SAMLL AMOUNTS WITH COPPER IN THE TRANSITIONAL BEDS AND UPPER PART OF THE RED BASAL ARKOSE, AND IN GRAY SHALE BELOW THE COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE BASAL RED ARKOSE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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