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Ann Lee Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087963
MRDS ID D011246
Record type Site
Current site name Ann Lee Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Section 28, Patented Claims:Ann Lee No.6, 7, 12-14, 22-24, 32, 33, Claims: 31 Claims-Ann Lee
Related records 10125838

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.79645, 35.41394 (WGS84)
Elevation 2139
Relative position ABOUT 17.6 MILES N8E 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

Ambrosia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014N 009W 28 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MINE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Jordisite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

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) -107.79645, 35.41394
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR PODS
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 224.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Channel-Like Sandstone Unit.

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 1953
Discoverer Adrian Berryhill
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Nuclear Corp. Mining And Milling
    Home office Gallup, N.M.
    First year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner United Nuclear Corp. Mining And Milling
    Home office Gallup, N.M.
    First year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Period 1958 To 1970
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.20 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CAME FROM 1,116,729 TONS OF ORE MINED FROM 1958-1970. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE FOR 1971-1983.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 224.03M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 5-COMPARTMENT, 18-FT. BY 9-FT SHAFT, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS. A 46-INCH HOLE, CASED TO 36 INCHES, WAS DRILLED SOUTH OF THE SHAFT TO USE FOR VENTILATION AND AS AN ESCAPEWAY BUT IT COLLAPSED AT THE 150-FT LEVEL AFTER THE MUD WAS PUMPED OUT. IN 1958 THE MINE WATER FLOW WAS 475 6PM. HOLMQUIST GIVES AN EXCELLENT DESPRIPTION OF THE MINE WORKINGS (1970, P.81-83).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.38

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.81-83.

  • Deposit

    CHAPMAN, WOOD AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979, NMBMMR GM-31, #22

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE WERE THREE HORIZONS OF UP TO 7% ORE COMPRISED OF 20 TO 30 ORE PODS. THERE ARE 10 PATENTED CLAIMS UNDER MINERAL SURVEY NO.2206 AND PATENT NO. 1183637 COVERING 188.418 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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