The Section 36 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,959 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.40556, -107.84000
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Section 36 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 36 Mine
Secondary: Mine: J and M
Secondary: United Western
Secondary: Lease 60-167
Secondary: Vca Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District; Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Owner Name: San Jacinto Petroleum Co.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1957 To 1959
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.51 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LENSE
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Fault System
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER AND THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER-POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 2-COMPARTMENT 5-FT X 9-FT TIMBERED SHAFT WHICH BOTTOMED IN DRY GROUND AT 407 FEET. BY MARCH, 1958 DRIFTS HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO ALL OREBODIES. IN 1960 THE MINE AREA WAS SURFACE DRILLED BU APPARENTLY WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN FINDING MORE ORE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: E,1950'S
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE SEVERAL HIGH GRADE DEPOSITS LOCATED ALONG FAULTS IN THE AREA.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM MINE EQUALLED 5,249 TONS OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.41
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.70
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
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