Section 30 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090124
MRDS ID D007834
Record type Site
Current site name Section 30 Mine
Related records 10296143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.82479, 35.41505 (WGS84)
Elevation 2131
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES N 3 E OF GRANTS.

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 30 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR SHAFT SHOWN ON THE AMBROSIA LAKE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS IDENTIFIED BY GRANGER, H.C., 1963, P. 29

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jordisite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Barite Unknown

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) -107.82479, 35.41505

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 18.29M
    Width 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District, Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 218, Grants, N.M. 87020
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box 218, Grants, N.M. 87020

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 48279M
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1963 CONSISTED OF A 750 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH OVER 30 MI. OF WORKINGS ON THREE OPERATING LEVELS. OPERATIONS USE A MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR MINING METHOD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARY, T.A., MOBLEY, C.M., AND MOULTON, G.F., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 72-79

  • Deposit

    SANTOS, E.S., AND THADEN, R.E., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-515

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

  • Deposit

    URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 60

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 21-37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRANTS URANIUM REGION FROM 1950 TO 1972. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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