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Boyd Claims

Occurrence in San Juan county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072193
MRDS ID W016938
Record type Site
Current site name Boyd Claims
Alternate or previous names Claims: Boyd, Jack Boyd

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.40204, 36.84724 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Relative position 42.2 MILES N 8 W OF AZTEC, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waterflow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Farmington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle San Juan(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 030N 015W 03 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION FOR MAIN PROSPECT PIT, LOCATED IN CLAIM NO. 5 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.40204, 36.84724
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hogback Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS NO OTHER KNOWN URANIUM OCCURENCE WITHIN A RADIUS OF SEVERAL TENS OF MILES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Jack Boyd And Joe Sircousa

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1958 AS SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1958, US AEC OFR-RME-107

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 52

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSE CAPS A SMALL MESA, EROSION HAS REMOVED TOP.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1953-1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-1983 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

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