Black Jack No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072195
MRDS ID W016954
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Black Jack No. 1-Smith Lake
Related records 10175104

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.16841, 35.54588 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position ABOUT 32.8 MILES N 33 W OF GRANTS, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hosta Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 015N 013W 12 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE BLACK JACK NO. 1 SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Carnotite Gangue
Tyuyamunite Gangue

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

(1) -108.16841, 35.54588

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mariano Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Major North-Trending Strike-Slip Faults And Numerous Shear Fractures.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Structures, 3 Major North-Trending Strike-Slip Faults And Permeability Of The Rocks.

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer R.D. Bokum
Year of first production 1959
Year of last production 1971

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period 1959 To 1971
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.22 Percent U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 1,439,432 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 251.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 825-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 22

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS FOUND IN A V-SHAPED PRIMARY TREND AND SECONDARY POST-FAULT DEPOSITS IN SEVEN HORIZONS CONTROLLED BY SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references