Spencer 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. 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 10248491
MAS/MILS ID 0350310529
Record type Site
Current site name Spencer Mine
Alternate or previous names Spencer Shaft, Section 8, Spencer #2, Centennial

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.82002, 35.37335 (WGS84)
Elevation 2120
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 08 NWNW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.82002, 35.37335

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Koppen Mining Construction Co.
    ID 2901723
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner United Western
    ID 2901723

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPENCER #2 SHAFT IS IN SECTION 6

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31, 1979

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    SMIR 1960-62, 1978

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR FILES

  • Deposit

    FILE, 1965, NMBM CIRC 77

  • Deposit

    NMSMIR, 1960

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, 1969, USGS PP 603, P 33

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/23/1983
MSHA mine ID2901723
Mine name (MSHA)Spencer Shaft Section 6 7 And 8
Current operatorKoppen Mining Construction Corp
Current controller (parent)Koppen Eckhardt M
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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