Standing Rock

Occurrence in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068514
MRDS ID W001587
Record type Site
Current site name Standing Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.51093, 35.74254 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Relative position ABOUT 48.0 MILES N 31 W 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

Hard Ground Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chaco(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018N 014W 35 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE GRAVEL PIT LOCATED ON FLAT TOP HILL SHOWN ON THE DALTON PASS QUADRANGLE. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Crevasse Canyon Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Length 1066.8M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961, RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5860, 52 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO FLAT-LYING SEGMENTS TO THE DEPOSIT. THREE SAMPLES AVERAGED 4.3% TIO2, 0.3% ZRO2, 27.1% FE, AND 0.06% EQUIVALENT THO2. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN THE 33 NEW MEXICO DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE STANDING ROCK, ARE ESTIMATED AT 4,751,200 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 12.82 TIO2, 2.07 ZRO2, 15.51 FE, AND 0.10 EQUIVALENT THO2. ; INFO.SRC : GRANTS URANIUM DISTRICT CHURCH ROCK
Deposit ONE DEPOSIT IS 3500 X 100 X 3 FT; 2ND IS 2100 X 350 X 8 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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