Diamond Tail Prospect

Occurrence in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Selenium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014468
MRDS ID D011258
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Tail Prospect
Alternate or previous names Prospect: Union Carbide Prospect
Related records 10248084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.30697, 35.35978 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES N 75 E OF BERNALILLO, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 006E 16 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM MAP BY J.C. MOORE (1979). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Galisteo
    Rock description Galisteo
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.30697, 35.35978

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Diamond Tail Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTHEASTERLY
    Dip 19 TO 26 E
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Channels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1977
Discoverer Union Carbide, 6009 0suna Ne, Albuquerque, Nm (1979)

Mining district

District name Hagan Coal District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Koppen Mining And Construction Corp.
    Home office 2921 Carlisle Ne, Suite 205, Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide
    Home office 6009 0suna Ne, Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 4000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.09 wt-pct Uranium Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1, P. 1-424

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 89.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL DRILLHOLES, 2 STOPES AND A 19-DEGREE INCLINE THAT IS 295 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    HATCHELL, W.O. AND C. WENTZ, 1981, "URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY,--A REVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY 1980,"NEW MEXICO ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT, 226 P.

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 261-264

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J.C., 1979, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 265-267

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS FOUND WITHIN TWO DISTINCT SANDSTONE UNITS AS A MODIFIED ROLL-TYPE FORM. THE DEPOSIT WAS DELINEATED BY DRILL HOLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 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