| Deposit ID | 10014708 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011596 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Westwater No. 1 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Green Hornet |
| Related records | 10199203 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.49786, 35.55949 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2252 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 46.4 MILES N52W OF GRANTS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinedale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)
Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N | 016W | 02 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.49786, 35.55949 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pinedale Anticline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1957 |
| Discoverer | Westwater Corp. |
| Year of first production | 1957 |
| Year of last production | 1960 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Westwater Corp. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of New Mexico |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1957 To 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.28 Percent U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 106.68M |
| Overall depth | 50.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011596 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 13
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 TWO HORIZONS AS BEDDED SANDSTONE CHANNEL-FILLING IN MUDSTONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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