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Nose Rock No. 1 Mine

Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014711
MRDS ID D011599
MAS/MILS ID 0350310373
Record type Site
Current site name Nose Rock No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Phillips, Noserock No. 1 Mine, Noserock #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.05591, 35.8356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1945
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 48.8 MILES N13E OF GRANTS, NM. Mine workings and buildings shown but not labeled in NW4 of Sec. 31.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Becenti Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chaco(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019N 011W 31 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR BUILDINGS SHOWN ON THE BECENTI LAKE QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

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

Main Entrance (1) -108.05591, 35.8356
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A Small Homocline Dipping N7e At About 120 Ft/Mile
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Small Homocline Dipping N7e At About 120 Ft/Mile; A Small Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 944.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer Phillips Uranium Corp., Albuquerque, Nm (1980)

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Phillips Uranium Corp.
    Home office NM
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 11000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.1 wt-pct Uranium Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CLARK, D.S., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 195-201

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS WERE SUNK BEFORE THE MINE WAS PUT ON STAND-BY STATUS. ONE SHAFT IS 3,295 FEET AND THE OTHER SHAFT IS 3,215 FEET. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L. AND H.K. HOLEN, 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 17-21

  • Deposit

    RHETT, D.W., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 202-207

  • Deposit

    CLARK, D.S., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 195-201

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31, 1979

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9, 1979

  • Deposit

    NMSMIR, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS FOUND IN THREE ROLL-TYPE DEPOSITS IN UNOXIDIZED SANDSTONE ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC DEBRIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Editor 01-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 10151230 and 10296354.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0350310040 = 10151230
Reporter 31-JUL-84 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources MAS 0350310373 = 10296354

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