White Flow #1 Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014379
MRDS ID D011123
Record type Site
Current site name White Flow #1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mines: White Flo #1, Claims: Corral #3 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.88366, 36.20254 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position ABOUT 37.6 MILES S 30 W OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Regina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023N 001E 19 SW OF SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR LOCATION MARKED ON ANDERSON'S (1980) MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cutler Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • MCLEMORE (1983) PLACES THIS DEPOSIT IN THE PERMIAN ABO FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1954
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Vegitas Cluster-Gallina

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Whiteflo Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.12% V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.08% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 4 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NORTHEAST TRENDING OPEN CUT AND A LARGE DUMP THE CUT IS 100 FT LONG BY 20 FT WIDE AND HAS A MAXIMUM DEPT OF 6 FT. THE DUMP HAS A CONICAL SHAPE, 125 FT LONG BY 10-12 FT WIDE WITH AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 4 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 46

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778 P.

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-402, 3-7

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 3-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LIGHT GREY AND RED ARKOSIC SILTSTONE, AND MUDSTONE ALONG CHANNEL SCOURS IN THE CUTLER FORMATION.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references