Ima Prospect

Occurrence in Quay 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014997
MRDS ID DAV0103
Record type Site
Current site name Ima Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.03162, 34.92758 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Quay(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ima(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Revuelto(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Quay

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Chinle
    Rock description Chinle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.03162, 34.92758

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATA-BOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FINCH, W.I., 1972, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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