Woodrow Mine

Past Producer in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101767
MRDS ID D008896
Record type Site
Current site name Woodrow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.31505, 35.13173 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES S 87 E OF GRANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moquino(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010N;011N 005W;005W 01;36 NE (01); SE (36) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE WOODROW MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOQUINO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MINERALS AT THE WOODROW MINE SEE NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 179-180.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Galena Ore
Uraninite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.31505, 35.13173

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ring-Fault Offsets Stratigraphic Units By 30 Ft. To 45 Ft..

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Thickness 7.32M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 10.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ring-Fault Structure Is The Main Ore Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM..

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1953 To 1956
    Material V205
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.05 % V205.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Period 1953 To 1956
    Material U308
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.26 % U308.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1963 CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. AND 200 FT. CROSSCUT TO THE OREBODY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1960 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 55, NO 3, P.456

  • Deposit

    WYLIE, E.T., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 177-181

  • Deposit

    SCHLEE, J.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1963 USGS MAP GQ-209

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 58, 105-106, 124

  • Deposit

    CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31

  • Production

    U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A BRECCIA PIPE ABOUT 24 FT. TO 34 FT. IN DIAMETER AND MORE THAN 300 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Menzie, David 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