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Mount Taylor Mine

Producer in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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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. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012896
MRDS ID D008894
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Taylor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.63229, 35.33728 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES N 44 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

San Mateo(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 013N 008W 24 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DERIVED FROM SHEET NO. 2 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Jordisite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.63229, 35.33728
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 944.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluviatile Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1980

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict: San Mateo Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gulf Mineral Resources
    Home office P.O. Box 1150, Grants, N.M. 87020
    First year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 56236000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.3 wt-pct Uranium Major 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1005.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE MAIN LEVELS WITH ACCESS BY TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS. UPPER LEVEL AT DEPTH OF 3100 FT. IS THE ORE (STOPING) LEVEL, HAULAGE LEVEL IS AT A DEPTH OF 3200 FT. AND A DRAINAGE-EXHAUST LEVEL IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 FT. BELOW HAULAGE LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • TARGET PRODUCTION OF 4000 TONS OF ORE PER DAY YIELDING 7 TO 8 MILLION POUNDS OF U308 PER YEAR. CONSTRUCTION OF A MILL NEAR THE MINE IS IN PLANNING STAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANTOS, E.S., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-517

  • Deposit

    CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

  • Deposit

    RIESE, W.C., AND BROOKINS, D.G., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 244-251

  • Deposit

    URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 60, 63-66

  • Reserve-Resource

    URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND RESOURCES DEPT., P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPLEX CLUSTER OF OREBODIES FORM A ROUGHLY TABULAR DEPOSIT TRENDING SOUTHEAST FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 6 MILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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