Black Nugget

Occurrence in San Miguel 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 10175402
MAS/MILS ID 0350470007
Record type Site
Current site name Black Nugget
Alternate or previous names Black Nugget No 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.43276, 35.73066 (WGS84)
Elevation 2378

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Porvenir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pecos Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017 N 014 E 02 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.43276, 35.73066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Orville Runnels
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH W L 1979 NMGS 30TH GUIDEBOOK P261

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO MAP 1961

  • Deposit

    COLLINS & WOODS 1956 AEC PRELIM RECON REPT ASO-133

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 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.

External references