The San Antonio Valley Deposit is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.25694, -107.26389
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San Antonio Valley Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Antonio Valley Deposit
Secondary: San Antonio Valley Uranium Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
District: Grants Uranium District: Laguna Subdistrict: Marquez 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Exxon Minerals Co.
Home Office: 5101 Copper Ne, Albuquerque, N.M. 87108
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION DERIVED FROM SHEET NO. 3 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED ON TO UNSURVEYED CEBOLLETA LAND GRANT.
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION BY CORE DRILLING AND GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING.
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN AN ELONGATE, SOUTHEAST-TRENDING DEPOSIT ABOUT 1 MI. LONG, 1000 FT. WIDE, 6 FT. TO 12 FT. THICK AND AT A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 800 FT..
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MAY BE BY IN SITU LEACHING METHODS.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM..
References
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 110-111
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, S.C., AND LAVERY, N.G., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 276-283
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
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