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Santa Rosa Railroad Cut

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014938
MRDS ID DAV0020
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Railroad Cut

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.6772, 34.94758 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guadalupe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Guadalupe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
8N 21E 2 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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle
    Rock description Chinle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.6772, 34.94758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATA-BOUND
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY IS SEEN IN AN IRREGULAR CLAYSTONE LENS 0-3 FT THICK AND 400 FT LONG CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE UPPER SANDSTONE MEMBER, A GRAB SAMPLE PF CARBONACEOUS CLAYSTONE ASSAY .004% EU3O8.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

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 RADIOACTIVITY IN A CLAYSTONE LENS 3 FT THICK AND 400 FT LONG.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

Reporter information

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

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