| Deposit ID | 10072194 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016953 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Bit Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Silver Bit No. 7, Silver Bit No. 15, Silver Bit No. 18, Pentada Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.08813, 35.45977 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2316 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 25.6 MILES N 33 W OF GRANTS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Thoreau NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 012W | 10 | SE OF NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Morrison Formation |
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| General form | TABULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | G.W. Fields |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Western |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. W. Fields |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016953 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 26
ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ANDERSON (1980) REPORTS NO MINERALIZATION IS PRESENTAT THE MINES. THERE IS A CARBONACEOUS SHALE ZONE IS EXPOSED FOUR FOOT ABOVE THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1984 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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