The Saint Anthony Mine is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.164, -107.30100
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Saint Anthony Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Saint Anthony Mine
Secondary: Bibo
Secondary: Open Pit No. 1
Secondary: Open Pit No. 2
Secondary: M-6 Orebody
Secondary: Willie P. Orebody
Secondary: St.Anthony Shaft #2
Secondary: St. Anthony Shaft #2
Secondary: St. Anhony Strip
Secondary: St. Anthony Open Pit
Secondary: St. Anthony Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
District: Grants Uranium District: Laguna 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: Located Claim
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Farris Mines, Inc.
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Cebolleta Land Grant
Home Office: NM
Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Drawer Qq, Gallup, N.M. 87301
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR SHAFT SHOWN ON THE MOQUINO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS FOR THE SAINT ANTHONY MINE FROM NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 181
Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE A 315000 TON PER YEAR OPERATION.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1980 CONSISTED OF A 357 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 275 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND TWO OPEN PIT OPERATIONS.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER (JACKPILE SANDSTONE) OF THE MORRISON FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEW MINES LISTINGS,1976, STATE INSP MINES
Reference (Deposit): AN OVERVIEW OF THE N.M. URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1979 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 73
Reference (Deposit): SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, M.W., AND OTHERS, 1980 U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, OFR PGJ-016, 168 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): MOENCH, R.H., AND SCHLEE, J.S., 1967 USGS PP 519, P. 93-94
Reference (Deposit): NM BOM CIRC 77
Reference (Deposit): MOENCH, R.H., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 157-166
Reference (Deposit): BAIRD, C.W., MARTIN, K.W., AND LOWRY, R.M., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 292-298
Reference (Deposit): JENSEN, M.L., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 188
Reference (Deposit): SCHLEE, J.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1963 USGS MAP GQ-209
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
Reference (Deposit): ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-14, 1976USGS & USBM FOR USBIA
Reference (Deposit): KITTEL, D.F., KELLEY, V.C., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1967 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 173-183
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