| Deposit ID | 10014552 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011376 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Section 20 Mine |
| Related records | 10271746 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.81701, 35.43144 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2142 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 19.2 MILES N 5 E OF GRANTS, NM |
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)
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 | 014N | 009W | 20 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.81701, 35.43144 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ambrosia Lake Dome |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Ranchers Exploration And Development Co., Albuquerque, Nm (1984) |
| Year of first production | 1962 |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kerr-Mcgee |
| Home office | P.O. Box 218, Grants, N.M. 87020 |
| First year | 1984 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ranchers Exploration And Development Co. |
| Home office | Box 6217, Albuquerque, N.M. 87107 |
| First year | 1984 |
| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1961 To 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.26 Percent U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1961 To 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.22 Percent U308 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011376 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 37
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 71-73
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE WAS FOUND IN TWO HORIZONS AS PRIMARY TABULAR ORE. NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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