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Paguate Deposits

Past Producer in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Vanadium
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  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090123
MRDS ID D007828
Record type Site
Current site name Paguate Deposits
Alternate or previous names Jackpile-Paguate Open Pit Mine, P-10 Mine, Pw 2/3 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.38194, 35.13056 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 27 MILES S 87 E OF GRANTS., Within A Radius Of One Mile., Within A Radius Of One Mile., Within A Radius Of One Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seboyeta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010N;011N 005W;005W 04,05;33 NW (04); NE (05); SE (33) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • Geodetic And UTM Locations Are For The Approximate Center Of The Paguate Deposits. The Jackpile Deposits Are About 2 Miles East Of The Paguate.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • For Complete List Of Ore Minerals See Kittel, D.F., 1963, P. 170

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.38194, 35.13056
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluviatile Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).

Comments on the geologic information

  • Ore Occurs In The Brushy Basin Member (Jackpile Sandstone) Of The Morrison Fm.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Anaconda Copper Co.
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Laguna Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category Indian Reservation
Area name Pueblo of Laguna Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda Copper Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 638, Grants, N.M. 87020
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1214.1HA
    Length 731.52M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • Jackpile-Paguate Open Pit With About 3000 Acres Of Pit Area Is Reported To Be The Worlds Largest Open Pit Uranium Mine. The P-10 Mine Uses Room And Pillar Methods, Attains A Depth Of 450 Ft And Has A 2400 Ft. Decline For Access. The Pw 2/3 Mine Uses Room And Pillar Methods With Access By An Adit In The Pit Wall.

Comments on development

  • Reported To Be A 5000 Ton Per Day Operation In 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kittel, D.F., 1963 NMBMMR Mem 15, p. 167-176

  • Deposit

    Schlee, J.S., And Moench, R.H., 1963 USGS Map GQ-209

  • Deposit

    Moench, R.H., And Schlee, J.S., 1967 USGS pp 519, p. 55, p. 97

  • Deposit

    Hilpert, L.S., 1969 USGS pp 603, p. 57, p. 69, p. 72, p. 74

  • Deposit

    Chapman, Wood, And Griswold, Inc., 1979 NMBMMR Geologic Map 31

  • Deposit

    Beck, R.G., Cherrywell, C.H., Earnest, D.F., And Feirn, W.C., 1980 NMBMMR Mem 38, p. 269-275

  • Deposit

    Green, M.W., And Others, 1980 U.S. Dept. Of Energy, OFR Pgj-016, 168 Pages

  • Deposit

    Uranium Resources And Technology, N.M. Energy And Minerals Dept., p. 60

  • Deposit

    Kittel, D.F., Kelley, V.C., And Melancon, P.E., 1967 NMGS Guidebook 18th Field Conference, p. 173-183

  • Deposit

    An Overview Of The N.M. Uranium Industry, 1979 N.M. Energy And Minerals Dept., p. 71-77

  • Deposit

    Guccione, Eugene, "Fuel Shortages Trigger A New Uranium Rush In New Mexico", Mining Engineering, August 1974 Vol. XXVI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NMBMMR Bull 105 Is An Annotated Bibliography For The Grants Uranium Region, 1950 To 1972. ; 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1981-08-01 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Reporter 1986-03-19 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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