The California and Utah Claims is a uranium mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 32.54889, -108.37667
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California and Utah Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California and Utah Claims
Secondary: California Mine
Secondary: Utah Mine
Secondary: California-Utah Deposit: Calims Patented In 1926
Secondary: California
Secondary: Utah
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hill, A. G. And Leach, A. A. And F. I.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Leach, A. A. And F.I.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Smaller Faults Trending Due East Intersect The Main Northwest Striking Fault Near The Main Workings.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED DIABASE DIKES ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1903 COVERING ABOUT 41 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT ON THE CALIFORNIA CLAIM AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS WHICH RANGED FROM 20 TO 40 FT. DEEP AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 86-87,,PLATE 7
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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