The Northeast Church Rock Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,192 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,192 Feet (2,192 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.65667, -108.50833
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Northeast Church Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Northeast Church Rock Mine
Secondary: N.E. Church Rock Mine
Secondary: Northeast Church Rock
Secondary: NE Church Rock #4
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict
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
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Drawer Qq, Gallup, N.M. 87301
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1975
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1965
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGES 0.15% U3O8
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE A 745000 TON PER YEAR OPERATION.
Comment (Production): 745000 TPY
Comment (Location): LOCATION OBTAINED FROM SHEET 1 OF GEOLOGIC MAP 31 NMBMMR, 1979.
Comment (Location): Deleted duplicate record MAS 0350310372 gave location as SW of SW Sec. 35, with 35-39-17, -108-30-53 (NAD27) as within 500 m of main entrance.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1960'S
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AN OVERVIEW OF THE N.M. URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1979 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 76
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS PROVIDE ACCESS TO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMSMIR, 1974
Reference (Deposit): KITTEL, D.F., KELLEY, V.C., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1967 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 173-183
Reference (Deposit): SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES
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