Weatherford's Uranium Deposit

Occurrence in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Thorium, 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 10198708
MAS/MILS ID 0350230269
Record type Site
Current site name Weatherford's Uranium Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.57562, 32.47512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021 S 017 W 22 N2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.57562, 32.47512

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. G Weatherford
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIM NAME UNKNOWN, EXTENDS INTO SEC 15

  • Deposit

    RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCE IN PEGMATITE

  • Deposit

    NMGS 4TH FIELD CONFERENCE P142

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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