| Deposit ID | 10089318 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016956 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Haystack Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Haystack Butte, Section 19, Haystack 2, Bicba, Section 13 Open Pit, Nm-B-1 Lease, Arthur Bibo, Railroad Section, Section 24, Section 19 Open-Pit Complex |
| Related records | 10151320 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.94702, 35.34866 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 14.4 MILES N 23 W OF GRANTS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bluewater(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)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013N;013N | 010W;011W | 19;13,24 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Todilto Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.94702, 35.34866 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thoreau Homocline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Intraformational Folds Of The Minor Harmonic Type, Trending And Plunging Northwestward. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Plunge direction | NORTHWESTWARD |
| Length | 350.52M |
| Width | 158.5M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | Haystack Mountain Development Corp. |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| Year of last production | 1981 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Todilto Exploration And Development Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Santa Fe Railroad |
| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1951 To 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE U | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.11 To 0.22 Percent U3o8 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016956 |
MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-149
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36-37
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 106-109
PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY", NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT MAY HAVE CONTAINED TWO OR MORE OREBODIES. THE ORE OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN THE PLATY MEMBER AT OR NEAR THE BASE OF THE TODILTO. THE ORE WAS LOCALIZED WITHIN AN AREA 0F RELATIVELY STRONG FOLDS OF THE MINOR HARMONIC TYPE. |
| 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 |
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