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Fernandez-Main Ranch 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014540
MRDS ID D011361
Record type Site
Current site name Fernandez-Main Ranch Deposit
Alternate or previous names Deposit: Gulf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6634, 35.34811 (WGS84)
Elevation 2160
Relative position ABOUT 16.8 MILES N 35 E OF GRANTS, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Mateo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 008W 14,15,22,23 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE COMMON SECTION CORNER OF SECTIONS 14, 15, 22 AND 23. ; 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) -107.6634, 35.34811
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Discoverer Keradamex-Fernandez Joint Venture

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gulf Mineral Resources
    Home office San Mateo, N.M.

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ORE WAS DELINEATED BY SURFACE DRILLHOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 97

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L. AND H.K. HOLEN, 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 17-21

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SURFACE DRILLHOLES PENETRATED TWO HORIZONS, 13-38 FEET THICK.

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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