Eastside Mines

Past Producer in San Juan county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Vanadium, Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089316
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

Geographic coordinates: -109.0265, 36.70835 (WGS84)
Elevation 1699
Relative position 58 MILES S 88 W OF AZTEC, NM

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029N 021W 11,14,23,24,26 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION FOR ADIT ON KING TUT PROPERTY, LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE EASTSIDE MINES. THE SECTION LINES WERE PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.0265, 36.70835

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE SALT WASH MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1945
Year of last production 1965

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1948-1968
    Material V AVG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 2.81 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 3wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Period 1948-1968
    Material U AVG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 0.25 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1969 WERE NUMEROUS SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP603, P. 51-52, 81-83.

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1977, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 28TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 257-262

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1981, NMBMMR, OFR-148, SAN JUAN COUNTY, 192 P.

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR, OFR-183, P. 65-70

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., AND LEARNED, E.A., 1980, US DOE REPORT TM-210

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1961, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS SMALL TO MEDIUM ELONGATE LENSES, TRENDING EASTWARD.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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