Baby Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087750
MRDS ID D009058
Record type Site
Current site name Baby Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.8237, 33.42065 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES S 10 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 019W 20 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE BABY MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Roscoelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.10 % TO 9.76 % U308 AND 0.13 % TO 1.83 % V205

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.8237, 33.42065

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Mogollon District: Cooney Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James R. Wray And Leonard T. Haeckel
    First year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1956
    Material U308
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.10% U308.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Period 1956
    Material V205
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.68% V205.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES, GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.