Red Head #2 Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067180
MRDS ID US35005
Record type Site
Current site name Red Head #2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mines: Redbird Adit, Hillfoot, Tinney #2, Coyote Hill #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.64226, 36.15476 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 37.6 MILES S 9 W FROM TIERRA AMARILLA, NM., Within A Radius Of 250 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arroyo Del Agua(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022N 003E 08 NE OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN IN ANDERSON'S (1980) REPORT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cutler Formation
    Rock description Cutler Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.64226, 36.15476

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHENOWETH (1974) ASSIGNED ALL THE URANIUM-BEARING ROCKS TO THE ABO FORMATION. ; GEOL.ENV: PLATFORM COVER ROCKS INCL COAST PLNS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Chama Basin

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals Mining Co., Craig, Co
    First year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material ORE V
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.16% V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.16% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 39 TONS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT, TRENDING N 50 W, THAT IS 5 FT HIGH, 5 FT WIDE, AND 50 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1974, US AEC, TM-194

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778 P.

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-387, 3-7

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-387

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT IS AVAILABLE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Unknown New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-83 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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