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Western Section 21

Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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 10175390
MAS/MILS ID 0350310471
Record type Site
Current site name Western Section 21
Alternate or previous names Western Nuclear Section 21, Smith Lake, Section 21 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.22034, 35.51675 (WGS84)
Elevation 2315
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hosta Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(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 McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015 N 013 W 21 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.22034, 35.51675
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Nuclear, Inc.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9, 1979

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMSMIR, 1974

  • Deposit

    EMJ DIRECTORY, 1979, P 203

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-84 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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