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Narrow Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014535
MRDS ID D011353
Record type Site
Current site name Narrow Canyon Deposit
Alternate or previous names Deposit: Standing Rock, Pioneer Nuclear

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.29508, 35.7331 (WGS84)
Elevation 2077
Relative position ABOUT 47.6 MILES N 31 W OF GRANTS, NM, For Center Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dalton Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chaco(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper 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 017N 014W 2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. THE LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite 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) -108.29508, 35.7331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN BOTH THE BRUSHY BASIN AND WESTWATER CANYON MEMBERS OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer Pioneer Nuclear

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 31000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.12 wt-pct Uranium Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS DELINEATED BY DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NO DESCRIPTION OF THIS DEPOSIT AVAILABLE.
Deposit Discovery Year: MID-1970'S

Reporter information

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

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