| Deposit ID | 10089316 |
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| MRDS ID | W016937 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eastside Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Mines: Alongo, Bb, Bbb, East Reservation, Junction, King Tut 1, Lookout Point, Nelson Point, Salt Canyon, Shadyside, Shadyside 2, Tent 1, Tent 2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.0265, 36.70835 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1699 |
| Relative position | 58 MILES S 88 W OF AZTEC, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Horse Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rock Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle San Juan(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 | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 029N | 021W | 11,14,23,24,26 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison Formation | ||||
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| (1) | -109.0265, 36.70835 |
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| General form | LENSE |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| Year of last production | 1965 |
| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1948-1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | V AVG | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 2.81 % V2o5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1948-1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | U AVG | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 0.25 % U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016937 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP603, P. 51-52, 81-83.
CHENOWETH, W.L., 1977, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 28TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 257-262
ANDERSON, O.J., 1981, NMBMMR, OFR-148, SAN JUAN COUNTY, 192 P.
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR, OFR-183, P. 65-70
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
CHENOWETH, W.L., AND LEARNED, E.A., 1980, US DOE REPORT TM-210
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1961, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NUMEROUS SMALL TO MEDIUM ELONGATE LENSES, TRENDING EASTWARD. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1920'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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