Foutz No. 3 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014531
MRDS ID D011348
Record type Site
Current site name Foutz No. 3 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Yellow Jacket, 3 Yj
Related records 10125866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.56676, 35.56672 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position ABOUT 49.6 MILES N 54 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

Church Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 016N 016N 31 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.56676, 35.56672

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Near-Vertical Set Of Fractures Trending N 30 W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Near-Vertical Set Of Fractures Trending N 30 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Andre Senutovitch
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1955

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1953 To 1955
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.18 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 2,412 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 INTERCONNECTING ADITS AND TWO STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 44

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 10

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN A CLAYEY, POORLY SORTED, CROSS-BEDDED SANDSTONE LACKING ANY OBVIOUS CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL. URANIUM MINERALS ARE INCONSPICOUS. THE ORE WAS CONTROLLED BY NEAR VERTICAL FRACTURES.

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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External references