| Deposit ID | 10072195 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016954 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Jack No. 1 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Black Jack No. 1-Smith Lake |
| Related records | 10175104 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.16841, 35.54588 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2268 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 32.8 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
Hosta Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gallup(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
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N | 013W | 12 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Selenium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Carnotite | Gangue |
| Tyuyamunite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.16841, 35.54588 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mariano Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | 3 Major North-Trending Strike-Slip Faults And Numerous Shear Fractures. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 10.67M |
| Length | 914.4M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| Discoverer | R.D. Bokum |
| Year of first production | 1959 |
| Year of last production | 1971 |
| Year | 1971 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1959 To 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE U | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.22 Percent U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 251.46M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016954 |
MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 22
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 | THE ORE IS FOUND IN A V-SHAPED PRIMARY TREND AND SECONDARY POST-FAULT DEPOSITS IN SEVEN HORIZONS CONTROLLED BY SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1984 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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