| Deposit ID | 10014543 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011365 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Section 25 Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Section 25 Decline, Section 25 Seq, Desiderio, Amiran, Operation Haystack, Section 25 Open Pit, Claims: Red Rock Claims, T.A.G. Claims |
| Related records | 10223473 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.8484, 35.32644 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2103 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 13.2 MILES N 6 W OF GRANTS, NM., For Center Of Section |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dos Lomas(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013N | 010W | 25 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Upper and Middle Jurassic rocks, undivided |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thoreau Homocline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | A Syncline, Several Small Faults, And A Conjugate Joint Set |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 5.33M |
| Length | 396.24M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | Santa Fe Railroad |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| Year of last production | 1981 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amiran Co., Ltd. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 15068, Rio Rancho, N.M .87174 |
| First year | 1981 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Santa Fe Railroad Co. |
| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1952 To 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.20 Percent U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011365 |
MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P.136-149
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 37
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.107
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 SEVERAL SMALL TO LARGE BODIES. THE ORE DEPOSITION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED BY CONJUGATE JOINT SYSTEMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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