| Deposit ID | 10101898 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011374 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Section 29 Mine |
| Related records | 10296402 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.81729, 35.40838 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2124 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 21.6 MILES N 7 E OF GRANTS, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ambrosia Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 009W | 29 | NW OF SW OF SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.81729, 35.40838 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ambrosia Lake Dome |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 171.6M |
| Depth to bottom | 185.01M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| Discoverer | Phillips Petroleum Co., Grants, Nm (1969) |
| Year of first production | 1961 |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kerr-Mcgee |
| Home office | Grants, N.M. |
| First year | 1983 |
| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1962 To 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE U | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Percent U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011374 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN A LARGE CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS IN TWO MAIN HORIZONS THAT ARE AN EXTENSION OF SECTION 30'S DEPOSIT. THE ORE IS TREND ORE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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