Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Iron, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000395
MRDS ID D012097
Record type District
Current site name Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict
Alternate or previous names Mariano Lake, Ambrosia Lake, Poison Canyon, Poison Creek, Pentata, Prewitt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.16843, 35.54585 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE BLACK JACK NO. 2 MINE. THE MINES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG A NORTHWESTERLY TREND FROM GRANTS TO SMITH LAKE. THE MARIANO LAKE (1963) QUADRANGLE ALSO COVERS A PORTION OF THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.16843, 35.54585

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description MARIANO (SMITH LAKE) ANTICLINE, BIG DRAW FAULT ZONE, BLUEWATER FAULT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • SEDIMENTARY FEATURES AND STRUCTURES (CROSS-BEDS, PERMEABILITY, FAULTS)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1983

Mining district

District name GRANTS URANIUM DISTRICT: SMITH LAKE SUBDISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM. 15, P. 49-52

  • Deposit

    MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 41-42

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20-28

  • Deposit

    RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 153-194

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR, OFR-148

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.