| Deposit ID | 10012892 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008890 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | F-33 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Anaconda Section 33 Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.78451, 35.21895 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 6 MILES N 35 E OF GRANTS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cibola(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Grants(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Cibola |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 012N | 009W | 33 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.78451, 35.21895 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Largely Confined To Axial Zones Of Intraformational Anticlines. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | Grants, N.M |
| First year | 1959 |
| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954 To 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954 To 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008890 |
HILPERT, L.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1960 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 55, NO 3, P.460-461
GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 33-35
KERR, P.F., AND WILCOX, J.T., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 205, 209, 212
THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND RAUP, O.B., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-681
HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59, 101-102
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PRINCIPAL DEPOSIT IS STRING-LIKE, TRENDS N 70 E, IS ABOUT 100 FT. WIDE, UP TO 15 FT. THICK AND MORE THAN 1200 FT. LONG. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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