Church Rock No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -108.50481, 35.66393 (WGS84)
Elevation 2137
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16.5 MILES N 55 E OF GALLUP.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017N 016W 35,36 NE OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OBTAINED FROM SHEET 1 OF GEOLOGIC MAP 31 NMBMMR, 1979.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

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) -108.50481, 35.66393

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 28, Church Rock, N.M. 87311
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 564.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS IS BY AN 1851 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT. OPERATION USES ROOM AND PILLAR MINING METHODS. CONNECTS UNDERGROUND WITH THE CHURCH ROCK NO. 1 EAST MINE WHICH USES A 1529 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE A 1000 TON PER DAY OPERATION. INITIAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS WERE REPORTED TO BE 15 MILLION DOLLARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KITTEL, D.F., KELLEY, V.C., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1967 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 173-183.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9.

  • Deposit

    CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31.

  • Deposit

    URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 61

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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