Stoltz Test Hole

Occurrence in Chaves county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014923
MRDS ID DAV0001
Record type Site
Current site name Stoltz Test Hole

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.98356, 33.1304 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaves(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vest Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tatum(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brownfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pecos-Long Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Chaves

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14S 29E 1 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Dockum
    Rock description Dockum
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.98356, 33.1304

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATA-BOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FINCH, W.I., 1972, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF U OCCUR IN SEVERAL TEST HOLES IN CHAVES AND LEA COUNTIES; HOWEVER, MOST DOCKUM GROUP DEPOSITS ARE IN QUAY AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES.
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY IN SHALLOW ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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