U 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 10199172
MAS/MILS ID 0350310594
Record type Site
Current site name U Mine
Alternate or previous names Christian, Christenson Strip

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.53144, 35.55785 (WGS84)
Elevation 2285
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

Church Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gallup(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

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 015 N 016 W 04 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.53144, 35.55785

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-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 Unknown
    Owner Frontier Uranium Co
    Year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Christenson Estate
    Year 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1955, OCCURRENCES OF URAN ORE IN N.M.,

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR CIRC 29

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MAP FILE

  • Deposit

    FILE, 1965, NMBM CIRC 77

  • Deposit

    NMSMIR, 1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-1984 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