| Deposit ID | 10068514 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001587 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Standing Rock |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.51093, 35.74254 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2085 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 48.0 MILES N 31 W OF GRANTS, NM |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 018N | 014W | 35 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Zirconium Critical | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anatase | Unknown |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | Crevasse Canyon Formation |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
|---|---|
| Length | 1066.8M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001587 |
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.
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
| 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. |
| 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 |
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