| Deposit ID | 10068513 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001585 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Toadlena Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.86733, 36.2167 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2098 |
| Relative position | 64 MILES S 40 W FROM AZTEC, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Two Grey Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Toadlena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Shiprock(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tellurium Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Thorium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Anatase | Unknown |
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Result | CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGE 0.4 % TIO2, 11.0 % FE, AND 0.6 % EQUIVELENT THO2 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Mesaverde Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Mesaverde Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.86733, 36.2167 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Hogback |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Hogback |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 22 E |
| Dip | 68 SE |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 533.4M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Us A.E.C. |
| District name | Shiprock District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001585 |
CHENOWETH, W.L., 1957, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 8TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 212-217
DOW, V.T., AND J.V. BATTY, 1961, USBM REP. OF INV. 5860, P. 34-42.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG THE CREST OF A HOGBACK. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950'S |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS ON UNSURVEYED LAND OF NAVAJO RESERVATION 1.5 MI. SE. OF TOADLENA, AND IS EXPOSED ALONG A HOGBACK CREST. A SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.4% TIO2, 11% FE, AND 0.06% EQUIVALENT THO2. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 33 NEW MEXICO DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE TOADLENA, ARE ESTIMATED AT 4,751,200 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 12.82 TIO2, 2.07 ZRO2, 15.51 FE, AND 0.10 EQUIVALENT THO2. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1972 | Cooper, Margaret | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1983 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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