Mesa Top 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126062
MAS/MILS ID 0350310351
Record type Site
Current site name Mesa Top Mine
Alternate or previous names Mesa Top 18 & 20, Malpais Raise

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.81732, 35.34035 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Lomas(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013 N 009 W 20 SENW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.81732, 35.34035

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holly Uranium Co.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1955
  • Type Operator
    Owner See Tee Mining Co.
    Home office New Mexico

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1955, OCCURRENCES OF URAN ORE IN N.M.,

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR CIRC 29

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET, 1967, METALLIFEROUS OCCURENCES IN N.M.

  • Deposit

    STATE PLANNING OFFICE, P200

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P 34

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MAP FILES

  • Deposit

    FILE, 1965, NMBM CIRC 77

  • Deposit

    NMSMIR, 1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references