Coyote Hill Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089317
MRDS ID W016942
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Mines: Serrano, Hillfoot No. 1, Bridges, Red Bird
Related records 10247779, 10272252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.64865, 36.15837 (WGS84)
Elevation 2076
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 37.6 MILES S 9 W FROM TIERRA AMARILLA, NM, Within A Radius Of 250 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arroyo Del Agua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022N 003E 08 NE OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN IN ANDERSON'S (1980) REPORT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.64865, 36.15837

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHENOWETH (1974) LABELS ALL URANIUM-BEARING ROCK AS ABO FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1954
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Chama Basin

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. T. Bridges

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE V
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.09% V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.10% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 28 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, F.L., 1974, US AEC, TM-194

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778P.

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-364, 3-7

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 3-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN MCLEMORE (1983) AND ANDERSON (1980) AS TO THE NAME, WORKINGS AND PRODUCTION OF THIS LOCATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S
Deposit THERE IS A MINERALIZED ZONE AT THE BASE OF CHANNEL CONGLOMERITIC SANDSTONE. (MCLEMORE, 1983).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-83 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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