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Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094698
MRDS ID D011362
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Deposit
Alternate or previous names Deposit: United Nuclear Corp.-Tennesee Valley Authority
Related records 10222795

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.20786, 35.65977 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 40.4 MILES N 30 W OF GRANTS, NM, For The Center Of The Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crownpoint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chaco(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017N 013W 34 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

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) -108.20786, 35.65977
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.13M

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 Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1974
Discoverer United Nuclear Corp. And The Tennesee Valley Authority

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.12 wt-pct Uranium Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • THE AREA WAS SURFACE DRILLED TO DELINEATE THE OREBODY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NO AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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