Mount Taylor Mine

The Mount Taylor Mine is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,402 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mount Taylor Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict: San Mateo Mountains Area

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: Gulf Mineral Resources
Home Office: P.O. Box 1150, Grants, N.M. 87020
Years: 1982 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1980
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: Uraninite
Ore: Jordisite
Ore: Coffinite

Comments

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.

Comment (Deposit): COMPLEX CLUSTER OF OREBODIES FORM A ROUGHLY TABULAR DEPOSIT TRENDING SOUTHEAST FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 6 MILES.

Comment (Location): LOCATION DERIVED FROM SHEET NO. 2 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31.

Comment (Development): TARGET PRODUCTION OF 4000 TONS OF ORE PER DAY YIELDING 7 TO 8 MILLION POUNDS OF U308 PER YEAR. CONSTRUCTION OF A MILL NEAR THE MINE IS IN PLANNING STAGE.

Comment (Workings): THREE MAIN LEVELS WITH ACCESS BY TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS. UPPER LEVEL AT DEPTH OF 3100 FT. IS THE ORE (STOPING) LEVEL, HAULAGE LEVEL IS AT A DEPTH OF 3200 FT. AND A DRAINAGE-EXHAUST LEVEL IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 FT. BELOW HAULAGE LEVEL.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND RESOURCES DEPT., P. 63

Reference (Deposit): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 60, 63-66

Reference (Deposit): RIESE, W.C., AND BROOKINS, D.G., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 244-251

Reference (Deposit): SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

Reference (Deposit): SANTOS, E.S., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-517

Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31

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