The Rio Puerco Mine is a uranium mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,325 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,325 Feet (1,928 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.27306, -107.18889
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Rio Puerco Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rio Puerco Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Grants Uranium District: Laguna Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Box 13387, Albuquerque, N.M. 87112
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1979
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1970
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGES ABOUT 0.16% U3O8.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN SEVERAL MINERALIZED ZONES WHICH MORE OR LESS COALESCE OVER AN AREA ABOUT 6000 FT. LONG AND 1000 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.
Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE A 510 TON PER DAY OPERATION WHEN FULL PRODUCTION IS REACHED BUT WAS CLOSED SHORTLY AFTER GOING INTO PRODUCTION IN LATE 1979.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AN OVERVIEW OF THE N.M. URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1979 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 77
Comment (Location): LOCATION OBTAINED FROM SHEET 3 OF GEOLOGIC MAP 31 NMBMMR, 1979.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOENCH, R.H., AND SCHLEE, J.S., AND BRYAN, W.B., 1965 USGS MAP GQ-371
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES
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
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