The Foutz No. 3 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,280 Feet (2,219 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.56667, -108.56611
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Foutz No. 3 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foutz No. 3 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Yellow Jacket
Secondary: 3 Yj
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1953 To 1955
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.18 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Near-Vertical Set Of Fractures Trending N 30 W
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
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 INTERCONNECTING ADITS AND TWO STOPES.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 2,412 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A CLAYEY, POORLY SORTED, CROSS-BEDDED SANDSTONE LACKING ANY OBVIOUS CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL. URANIUM MINERALS ARE INCONSPICOUS. THE ORE WAS CONTROLLED BY NEAR VERTICAL FRACTURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 44
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 10
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