Section 10 Mine

Unknown 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175028
MAS/MILS ID 0350310430
Record type Site
Current site name Section 10 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.88373, 35.45755 (WGS84)
Elevation 2190
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Mountain(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 014 N 010 W 10 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.88373, 35.45755

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobb Nuclear Corp.
    ID 2901743
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NM STATE MINE INSP., NEW REGISTRATIONS, 1978

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/19/1982
MSHA mine ID2901743
Mine name (MSHA)Section 10
Current operatorCobb Resources Corp
Current controller (parent)George Lotspeich
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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