Foutz No. 1 and No. 2 Mines

Past Producer in McKinley 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097896
MRDS ID D011349
Record type Site
Current site name Foutz No. 1 and No. 2 Mines
Alternate or previous names Mine: Prospect No. 1, Prospect No. 2
Related records 10125990

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.54676, 35.56616 (WGS84)
Elevation 2249
Relative position ABOUT 49.6 MILES N 54 W 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

Church Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 015N 016W 04,05 NW (04); NE (05) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE COMMON SECTION CORNER OF SECTIONS 04 AND 05. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical 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) -108.54676, 35.56616

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 4.27M

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 Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Andre Senutovitch
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Four Corners Uranium Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Railroad Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953 To 1954
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.22 To 0.28 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 566 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN PITS AND A 6-FT CAVED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.10

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS REDISTRIBUTED ORE IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE OF THE WESTWATER CANYON SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references