| Deposit ID | 10072199 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016979 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Windy No. 9 Mine |
| Related records | 10175338 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -104.45997, 35.52868 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 42.8 MILES N 79 E OF LAS VEGAS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Ramon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Roy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Conchas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017N | 023E | 14 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chinle | ||||
| Rock description | Chinle | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Upper Chinle Group, Garita Creek through Redonda Formations, undivided |
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| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Sabinoso District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | San Carlos Mining Co., Las Vegas, Nm |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016979 |
FINCH, W.I., 1972, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 23RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 171
ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE CHINLE FORMATION. MINERALIZED LENSES UP TO 1 FT THICK, CONSISTING OF GRAY, CALCAREOUS CALY AND LIMESTONE-PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE ARE INTERBEDDED WITH A GRAY, MEDIUM-GRAINED, MEDIUM-SORTED, ARENITE. THE ARENITE IS TRUNCATED LATERALLY BY MAROON TO RED SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES. UNMINERALIZED GRAY CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONES OVERLIE AND UNDERLIE THE MINERALIZED ARENITE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1984 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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