Hogback Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014534
MRDS ID D011352
Record type Site
Current site name Hogback Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Hyde, Hogback Nos. 3-5, Haystack No. 12, Tucker and Davenport
Related records 10295897

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.69232, 35.54588 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position ABOUT 55.2 MILES N 59 W OF GRANTS, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gallup East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 015N 018W 12 SE OF SE OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT SHOWN AS HYDE MINE ON THE GALLUP EAST QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE OCCURS IN A CARBONACEOUS COALY SHALE OR LIGNITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.69232, 35.54588

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nutria Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 45
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period 1951 To 1960
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.19 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 6,354 TONS OF ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 490-FT 40-DEGREE DECLINE WITH 500 FEET OF DRIFTS AND OPEN STOPES. ON THE SURFACE ARE OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN A CARBONACEOUS COALY SHALE OR LIGNITE LENS AT THE BASE OF THE DAKOTA SANDSTONE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950-51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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