| Deposit ID | 10014545 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011367 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mesa Top Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Mesa Top No.5, Mesa Top No.18 and 20, Mesa Top No.7, Moe, Davenport |
| Related records | 10272195 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.81729, 35.34172 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2170 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 12.8 MILES N 9 E OF GRANTS, NM |
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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013N | 009W | 20 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Ilsemannite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
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| (1) | -107.81729, 35.34172 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | San Mateo Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| Discoverer | Holly Uranium Corp., Grants, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| Year of last production | 1968 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. P. Moe Mining Co., Ltd. |
| Home office | Grants, N.M. |
| First year | 1968 |
| Year | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954 To 1968 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.24 Percent U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011367 |
RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 126-129
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR, TABULAR DEPOSITS CONSISTING OF OXIDIZED, REDISTRIBUTED MATERIAL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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