The Hogback Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.54583, -108.69167
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Hogback Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hogback Mine
Secondary: Mine: Hyde
Secondary: Hogback Nos. 3-5
Secondary: Haystack No. 12
Secondary: Tucker and Davenport
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: 1951 To 1960
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.19 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1950
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: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nutria Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950-51
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PORTAL OF ADIT SHOWN AS HYDE MINE ON THE GALLUP EAST QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Commodity): THE ORE OCCURS IN A CARBONACEOUS COALY SHALE OR LIGNITE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 6,354 TONS OF ORE
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A CARBONACEOUS COALY SHALE OR LIGNITE LENS AT THE BASE OF THE DAKOTA SANDSTONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 490-FT 40-DEGREE DECLINE WITH 500 FEET OF DRIFTS AND OPEN STOPES. ON THE SURFACE ARE OPEN PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43
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
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