Alpine Miner Test Area

Unknown in Cibola 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150039
MAS/MILS ID 0350060002
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Miner Test Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.32951, 35.12426 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mesita(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 010 N 005 W 02 E2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.32951, 35.12426

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda Co.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Laguna Pueblo
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEW MINES LISTINGS 1971, STATE INSP MINES

  • Deposit

    MESITA TOPO MAP,USGS,1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references