The F-33 Mine is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.21889, -107.78389
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F-33 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: F-33 Mine
Secondary: Anaconda Section 33 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: Grants, N.M
Years: 1959 -
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1954 To 1959
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1954 To 1959
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last 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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Largely Confined To Axial Zones Of Intraformational Anticlines.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MINE IN SEC. 33 AS SHOWN ON THE GRANTS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Commodity): FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MINERALS FOUND IN DEPOSITS IN THE TODILTO LIMESTONE. SEE GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 33-35
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL DEPOSIT IS STRING-LIKE, TRENDS N 70 E, IS ABOUT 100 FT. WIDE, UP TO 15 FT. THICK AND MORE THAN 1200 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): MINED FROM ADIT.
Comment (Geology): B.L.PERRY, 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 150-156, REPORTS SOME ANTICLINAL STRUCTURES IMPORTANT AS ORE CONTROLS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS REEF AND REEF-EDGE STRUCTURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1960 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 55, NO 3, P.460-461
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 33-35
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P.F., AND WILCOX, J.T., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 205, 209, 212
Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND RAUP, O.B., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-681
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59, 101-102
Reference (Production): U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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