| Deposit ID | 10096167 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001586 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sanostee Deposit |
| Related records | 10175121 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.89066, 36.45225 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | 56 MILES S 25 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
Sanostee West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Toadlena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Chaco(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 | 026N | 019W | 29 | W2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Zirconium Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| REE Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Brookite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Anatase | Unknown |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Result | CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED 15.6 % TIO2, 13.2 % FE, 2.6 % ZRO2, 0.12 % THO2 (EQUIVELENT), AND 0.11 % NB2O5. YTTRIUM IS ALS0 REPORTED AS BEING PRESENT IN MEASURABLE AMOUNTS |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Mesaverde Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Mesaverde Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.89066, 36.45225 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 W TO N 30 W |
| Dip | FLAT LYING |
| Thickness | 4.27M |
| Length | 2225.04M |
| Width | 243.84M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Us A.E.C. |
| District name | Shiprock District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tom Tyler, Sanostee, Nm |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001586 |
CHENOWETH, W.L., 1957, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 8TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 212-217
DOW, V.T., AND J.V. BATTY, 1961, USBM REPORT OF INV. 5860, P. 34-42.
BINGLER, E.C., 1963, NMBMMR, CIRC 68, 59 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL SMALL TO MEDIUM ELONGATE LENSES TRENDING NW |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS ON UNSURVEYED LAND OF NAVAJO RESERVATION 2 MI. N. OF SANOSTEE, AND IS FLAT-LYING. FOUR SAMPLES AVERAGED 15.6% TIO2, 2.6% ZRO2, 13.2% FE, AND 0.12% EQUIVALENT THO2. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN THE 33 NEW MEXICO DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE SANOSTEE, ARE ESTIMATED AT 4,751,200 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 12.82 TIO2, 2.07 ZRO2, 15.51 FE, AND 0.10 EQUIVALENT THO2. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1972 | Cooper, Margaret | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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