Corral #3 Mine

Past Producer in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. 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 10087967
MRDS ID D011261
Record type Site
Current site name Corral #3 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Corral #1, Sla-Tex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.88671, 36.20115 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 65.6 MILES N 16 W OF BERNALILLO, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Regina(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

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023N 001W 25 NE OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY ANDERSON (1980). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.88671, 36.20115

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rocks Are Faulted In The Area Of Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Dip 25 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Gallina District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sla-Tex Ventures

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE V
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.06 Percent V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.03 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 260-FT. LONG TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 46

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CARBONACEOUS ZONE WITH ABUNDANT CLAY GALLS AND SECONDARY CALCIUM CARBONATE CEMENT. THE ROCKS ARE FAULTED.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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