| 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: | -108.56676, 35.56672 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2219 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 49.6 MILES N 54 W OF GRANTS, NM. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016N | 016N | 31 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.56676, 35.56672 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | A Near-Vertical Set Of Fractures Trending N 30 W |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| 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 |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1953 To 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.18 Percent U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011348 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 44
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 10
ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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