| Deposit ID | 10087750 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009058 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Baby Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.8237, 33.42065 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 21 MILES S 10 W OF RESERVE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Catron(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Francisco(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Catron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 010S | 019W | 20 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Roscoelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Result | SELECTED SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.10 % TO 9.76 % U308 AND 0.13 % TO 1.83 % V205 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Last Chance Andesite;Whitewater Creek Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock description | Last Chance Andesite;Whitewater Creek Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -108.8237, 33.42065 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 70 W |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Mogollon District: Cooney Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | James R. Wray And Leonard T. Haeckel |
| First year | 1956 |
| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | U308 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.10% U308. | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | V205 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.68% V205. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009058 |
FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES, GEOLOGIC MAP
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A FRACTURED, SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE ALONG A NORTHWEST-STRIKING ANDESITE DIKE. SHEAR ZONE IS 2 FT. TO 4 FT. IN THICKNESS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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