Section 18 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. 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 10014529
MRDS ID D011346
Record type Site
Current site name Section 18 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Williams and Thompson, Brown Vandever, Federal Incline
Related records 10271472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.9423, 35.35116 (WGS84)
Elevation 2176
Relative position ABOUT 14.4 MILES N 22 W OF GRANTS, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bluewater(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)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 010W 18 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Barite Gangue

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) -107.9423, 35.35116

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thoreau Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Front Range Uranium Co.
Year of first production 1952
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cibola Mining
    First year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown Vandever

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Period 1952 To 1966
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.19 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 25,796 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, A 200-FT INCLINED SHAFT, AND A TRENCH THAT DESCENDS DOWN INTO AN OPEN STOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 105

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983; NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS SMALL AND MEDIUM IRREGULARY SHAPED ORE BODIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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