The Section 23 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,051 Feet (2,149 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.42972, -107.87139
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Section 23 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 23 Mine
Secondary: Homestake-Sapin Mine No. 23
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 98, Grants, N.M. 87020
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1979
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Type: L
Description: Deposit Consists Of Ore Trending West-Northwest And Ore Stacked Along Fracture Zones.
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Jordisite
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATED BY UNITED NUCLEAR-HOMESTAKE PARTNERS PRIOR TO 1981.
Comment (Deposit): MULTILAYERED DEPOSIT OR CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS TRENDS EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 23.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1980 CONSISTED OF AN 850
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM..
Comment (Location): ACCURURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT IN SECTION 23 AS SHOWN ON THE AMBROSIA LAKE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981 NEW REGISTRATIONS
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): GOULD, W., SMITH, R.B., METZGER, S.P., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 66-71
Reference (Deposit): SANTOS, E.S., AND THADEN, R.E., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-515
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 40, 69
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
Reference (Deposit): SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P.6
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