The Church Rock Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,811 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,811 Feet (2,076 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.62222, -108.55278
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Church Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Church Rock Mine
Secondary: Mine: Old Church Rock
Secondary: Section A
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Production
Year: 1970
Time Period: 1960 To 1970
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.18 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1959
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 77,965 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CRETACEOUS DAKOTA SANDSTONE AND THE WESTWATER CANYON AND BRUSHY BASIN MEMBERS OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS FRACTURE-CONTROLLED, REDISTRIBUTED ORE ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC DEBRIS AT THE CONTACT OF THE DAKOTA, BRUSHY BASIN AND WESTWATER CANYON SANDSTONES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 862-FOOT SHAFTS AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 44
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 14
Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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