Enos Johnson

Past Producer in San Juan county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105800
MRDS ID W016939
MAS/MILS ID 0350450018
Record type Site
Current site name Enos Johnson
Alternate or previous names Mines: Enos Johnson 1, Enos Johnson 2, Enos Johnson 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.00345, 36.41447 (WGS84)
Elevation 2274
Relative position 62.8 MILES S 28 W OF AZTEC, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roof Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon De Chelly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chaco(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025N 020W 07,08 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION FOR ADITS AT MINE. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS UNSURVEYED AND PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.00345, 36.41447

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN BOTH THE RECAPTURE AND THE SALT WASH MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1952
Year of last production 1981

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner RAY WILLIAMS MINING

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Period 1952-1970
    Material V
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 0.14 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Period 1952-1970
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 0.19 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TONNAGE SINCE 1970 FALLS INTO CLASS C OF MCLEMORE: 200000- 2 MILLION TONS U3O8. NO PRECISE TONNAGE FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 4 REPORTED ADITS IN THE AREA

Comments on development

  • MINE PLACED ON STANDBY STATUS IN 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 50-51, 84-87

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1977, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 28TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P.. 257-262.

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR, OFR-183, P. 65-70.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR, OFR-183, P. 65-70

  • Deposit

    DIR of NM 70

Comments on the references

  • Deleted old MAS 0350450018 had only "DIR of NM 70" as sole reference.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S
Deposit SMALL TO MEDIUM ELONGATE LENSES, TRENDING EASTWARD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-83 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 28-OCT-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate reocrd 10272512.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 0350450018 = 10272512

Beyond USGS

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

External references