Name Unknown, Uranium Deposits

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096870
MRDS ID D011527
Record type Site
Current site name Name Unknown, Uranium Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.56312, 32.75705 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mangas Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 017W 11 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.56312, 32.75705

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Telegraph District, Wild Horse Mesa Area

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1955, DRILLED IN 1957-1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 158

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.