Section 29 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101898
MRDS ID D011374
Record type Site
Current site name Section 29 Mine
Related records 10296402

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014N 009W 29 NW OF SW OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

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) -107.81729, 35.40838

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ambrosia Lake Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 171.6M
    Depth to bottom 185.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mcgee
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Period 1962 To 1970
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Percent U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 486,375 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE NORTHWEST QUARTER WAS MINED THROUGH THE SECTION 30 SHAFT, THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER THROUGH UNITED NUCLEAR-HOMESTAKE PARTNER'S SECTION 32 SHAFT, AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER THROUGH THE SECTION 33 SHAFT. THE MINING METHOD WAS MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR.

Comments on development

  • KERR MCGEE MINED THE NORTHWEST QUARTER THROUGH THE SECTION 30 SHAFT, THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER THROUGH UN-HP'S SECTION 32 SHAFT AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER THROUGH THE SECTION 33 SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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