Diamond #2 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126534
MRDS ID D011595
MAS/MILS ID 0350310231
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond #2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Largo #2
Related records 10101905

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.64285, 35.49175 (WGS84)
Elevation 2110
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bread Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(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 015 N 017 W 33 NWNE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.64285, 35.49175

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shiprock Ltd.
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    50,000 TONS MINED FROM 1953-64

  • Deposit

    HOWARD (1967) GIVES LOCN AS SEC 4, T14N R17W

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1955, OCCURENCES OF URAN. ORES IN N.M,

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR CIRC 29

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    N.M. STATE MINE INSPECTOR, INACTIVE URAN MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET, 1967, METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N.M.,

  • Deposit

    STATE PLANNING OFFICE, P 85

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MAP FILE

  • Deposit

    FILE, 1965, NMBM CIRC 77

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 MIN TOPO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUN-84 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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