Dalton Pass Uranium Deposit - Section 28

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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223339
MRDS ID D011355
MAS/MILS ID 0350310224
Record type Site
Current site name Dalton Pass Uranium Deposit - Section 28
Related records 10014536

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.33344, 35.67424 (WGS84)
Elevation 2340
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

Dalton Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(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 McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017 N 014 W 28 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.33344, 35.67424

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • "Radioactive impure coal bed about 3 in. thick at top of Crevasse Canyon Formation and immediately beneath Hosta Tongue of Point Lookout Sandstone. Sample 0.2 ft thick, 0.025 percent U." (From Table 4, of Hilpert, 1969)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUN-84 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Editor 28-OCT-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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