| Deposit ID | 10101716 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007824 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350310059 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Church Rock No. 1 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Churchrock No 1 Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.50481, 35.66393 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2137 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 16.5 MILES N 55 E OF GALLUP. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hard Ground Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)
Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017N | 016W | 35,36 | NE OF NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.50481, 35.66393 |
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| General form | TABULAR |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1965 |
| Discoverer | Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp. |
| Year of first production | 1977 |
| Year of last production | 1981 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 28, Church Rock, N.M. 87311 |
| First year | 1981 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 564.18M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007824 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350310059 | = 10199362, merged and deleted. |
KITTEL, D.F., KELLEY, V.C., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1967 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 173-183.
SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES.
SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9.
CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31.
URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 61
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NMBMMR BULL 105 IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRANTS URANIUM REGION FROM 1950 TO 1972. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Editor | 01-NOV-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted 10199362 |
| Reporter | 18-NOV-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | 0350310059 = 10199362 |
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