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Section 5 No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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 10271871
MAS/MILS ID 0350310425
Record type Site
Current site name Section 5 No. 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Section 5

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.91593, 35.38835 (WGS84)
Elevation 2165
Location accuracy 500(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)

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 010 W 05 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.91593, 35.38835
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Westvaco Minerals Products
    Year 1969
  • Type Operator
    Owner Farris Mines
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINED IN 1958

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P 36.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    N.M. STATE MINE INSPECTOR, INACTIVE URANIUM MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MAP FILES

  • Deposit

    NMSMIR, 1959

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

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