Hogan Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014546
MRDS ID D011368
Record type Site
Current site name Hogan Mine
Related records 10125844

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.75895, 35.35199 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Location accuracy 25(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15.2 MILES N 19 E OF GRANTS, NM., Within A Radius Of 50 Feet.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 009W 14 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM ANDERSON'S (1980) DIRECTIONS AND PHOTOS OF THE HOGAN SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

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) -107.75895, 35.35199

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Mateo Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Sharp Anticlinal Fold That Parallels The San Mateo Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 24.38M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 24.38M
    Depth to bottom 103.63M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Sharp Anticlinal Fold That Parallels The San Mateo Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS IN THE POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Four Corners Exploration, Inc.
Year of first production 1959
Year of last production 1962

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Four Corners Exploration, Inc.
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1962

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1959 To 1962
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.26 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 129,551 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 340-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • HOLMQUIST (1970) REPORTS 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVER THE SOUTH 3000 FEET OF SECTION 14. HE GIVES NO NAMES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 131-133

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 33

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.42

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS FOUND IN REDISTRIBUTED ORE BODIES IN THREE HORIZONS ALONG THE FLANK OF AN ANTICLINAL FOLD PARALLEL TO THE SAN MATEO FAULT. IT IS ALSO RELATED TO A FACIES CHANGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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External references