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Red Bluff Claims

Past Producer in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009931
MRDS ID D003222
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bluff Claims
Alternate or previous names Claims, Red Bluff Nos. 3,5,7,8,9 and 10, Gay Eagle, Black Hawk, Bunny, Christmas Day 1 and Phil, Udc 5
Related records 10271524

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.78784, 35.29784 (WGS84)
Elevation 2141
Relative position ABOUT 10.5 MILES N 18 E OF GRANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012N 009W 04 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPOSITS IN THE TODILTO LIMESTONE SEE H.C. GRANGER, 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 33-35.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Carnotite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Todilto Limestone
    Rock description Todilto Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.78784, 35.29784
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Tend To Be Associated With Intraformational Anticlines, Reefs And Reef-Edge Structures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1952
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mesa Mining Co.
    Home office Milan, N.M.
    First year 1964

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Period 1952-1964
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1964
    Period 1952-1964
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 21wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED FROM OPEN PITS AND BY A FEW SHORT ADITS DRIVEN FROM THE PIT WALLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P.136-149

  • Deposit

    PERRY, B.L., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P.150-156

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND OSTLING, E.J., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-680

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P.58-59

  • Production

    U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 18 INDIVIDUAL OREBODIES FORM A LOCAL BELT TRENDING NORTH-SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-78 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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