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Section 27 Mine

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014549
MRDS ID D011372
Record type Site
Current site name Section 27 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: United Nuclear
Related records 10271640

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.7784, 35.41116 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position ABOUT 18.4 MILES N 9 E OF GRANTS, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambrosia Lake(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 014N 009W 27 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MAIN SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; 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) -107.7784, 35.41116
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ambrosia Lake Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fault Cuts Across Section 27 Displacing The East Side 50 Feet Or More.

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 Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1966
Discoverer Kerr-Mcgee Corp. And United Nuclear
Year of first production 1967
Year of last production 1974

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner United Nuclear Corp.
    Home office Gallup, N.M.
    First year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Period 1967 To 1970
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.22 Percent U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 838, 789 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 262.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN SECTION 27 ARE MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WITH TWO SHAFTS, ONE 860 FEET DEEP AND ONE SHAFT LOCATED 1000 FEET TO THE EAST. THE OREBODY WEST OF THE FAULT WAS MINED THROUGH THE ANN LEE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 38

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 90

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AS A LARGE, SOMEWHAT DISCONTINOUS DEPOSIT THAT TRENDS SOUTHEASTWARD. FAULTING HAS DISPLACED THE EAST SIDE 50 FEET OR MORE.

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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