| Deposit ID | 10100691 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011600 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350310340 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mariano Lake Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Gulf |
| Related records | 10126402 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.27842, 35.54672 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2268 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 36.4 MILES N41W OF GRANTS, NM. Deleted duplicate record gave coordinates as 35-32-59, -108-17-7, NAD27, Main Ent., 100 m. Location may need to be adjusted. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mariano Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N | 014W | 12: 11 | NW: NE of NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -108.27842, 35.54672 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mariano (Smith) Lake Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Small Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1975 |
| Discoverer | Gulf Resources Corp., Grants, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1977 |
| Year of last production | 1983 |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gulf Mineral Resources Co. |
| Home office | CO |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 15000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 158.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011600 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350310340 | =10126402, merged and deleted. |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 2901598 |
PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT
RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 153-194
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
MBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31, 1979
STATE MINE INSPECTOR, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES, 1978
NMSMIR, 1976
EMJ DIRECTORY, 1979, P 201
NM STATE MINE INSP., NEW REGISTRATIONS, 1976
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: MID-1970'S |
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN THE MINERALIZED LOWER CHANNEL SANDSTONE AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC MATERIAL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Editor | 31-OCT-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 10126402. |
| Reporter | 19-MAR-86 | New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | MAS 0350310340 = 10126402 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 07/09/1983 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2901598 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Mariano Lake Mine |
| Current operator | Gulf Mineral Resources Company |
| Current controller (parent) | Gulf Oil Corp |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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