The Section 1 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico.
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Section 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 1 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Box 218, Grants, N.M. 87020
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
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
Not available
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER (POISON CANYON SANDSTONE) OF THE MORRISON FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, M.W., AND OTHERS, 1980 U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, OFR PGJ-016, 168 PAGES
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