The Sparks - Stone Mine is a uranium mine located in San Miguel county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,380 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,380 Feet (2,859 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.64944, -105.49528
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Sparks - Stone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sparks - Stone Mine
Secondary: Mine: Sparks-Stone No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: New Mexico
County: San Miguel
District: Elk Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. M. T. Sparks And Margaret Sparks
Home Office: Las Vegas, Nm.
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Sparks-Stone Mining Co.
Home Office: Las Vegas, Nm.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER: DIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM ANDERSON (1980). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALED 32 LBS (0.11%) U308 AND 13 LBS V2O5 FROM 15 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A MASS OF WEATHERED AND SHATTERED GRANITE PEGMATITE THAT IS ENCLOSED BY GRANITE AND GNEISS. THE PEGMATITE IS FLAT-LYING AND APPARENTLY UNZONED. IT CONSISTS OF COARSE QUARTZ, PINK FELDSPAR AND MINOR BIOTITE. THE PEGMATITE IS ABNORMALLY RADIOACTIVE (THREE TIMES THE BACKGROUND COUNT) AT TWO PLACES IN THE DISCOVERY PIT. AUTENITE FLAKES, AS LARGE AS 1/16 INCH IN DIAMETER ARE PRESENT IN IRON-STAINED FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A PIT 20 FEET WIDE, 50 FEET LONG, AND 10 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Geology): THE PRECAMBRIAN IN THIS AREA HAS NO FORMAL NAME.
References
Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-513
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1982, NMBMMR OFR-182, P. 1-513
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, R. L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE U. S., U. S. G. S. MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 36
Reference (Deposit): REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 75-76
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