Beacon Hill 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. 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 10198859
MAS/MILS ID 0350310141
Record type Site
Current site name Beacon Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Gosset, Beacon Hill Incline

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.81752, 35.34445 (WGS84)
Elevation 2150
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Lomas(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013 N 009 W 20 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.81752, 35.34445

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holly Uranium Co.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1969
  • Type Operator
    Owner See Tee

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINED 1956-60

  • Deposit

    LISTED AS IN SEC 18 IN HILPERT (1969) WITH GOSSET AS AN

  • Deposit

    ALTERNATE NAME

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P 34.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    FILE, 1965 NMBM CIRC 77

  • Deposit

    ANN REPTISTATE INSP MINES 1956

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.