The Zia Mines is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,073 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,073 Feet (2,156 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.265, -107.77694
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Zia Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zia Mines
Secondary: La Jara Deposits
Secondary: La Jara Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
District: Grants Uranium District : Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Zia Mining Co.
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1952 To 1958
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1952 To 1958
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1958
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE ZIA MINES AS SHOWN ON THE DOS LOMAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): REPORTED IN 1963 TO HAVE BEEN MINED FROM OPEN PITS. DOS LOMAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE SHOWS A SHAFT AT THE MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-149
Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND OSTLING, E.J., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-680
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59, 95
Reference (Production): U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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