| Deposit ID | 10067180 |
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| 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: | -106.64226, 36.15476 (WGS84) |
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| 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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022N | 003E | 08 | NE OF NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Cutler Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Cutler Formation | ||||
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| (1) | -106.64226, 36.15476 |
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| General form | DISSEMINATED |
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| 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 |
| District name | Chama Basin |
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| Ownership category | State |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Minerals Mining Co., Craig, Co |
| First year | 1978 |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE V | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.16% V2o5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE U | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.16% U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | US35005 |
CHENOWETH, W.L., 1974, US AEC, TM-194
ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778 P.
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-387, 3-7
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-387
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT IS AVAILABLE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1950'S |
| 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 |
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