The Section 22 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,090 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,090 Feet (2,161 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.43278, -107.88028
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Section 22 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 22 Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims 1957: Nite Nos. 1-4
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: 108 Unnamed In Lit. Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict
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: Kerr-Mcgee Corp.
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Production
Year: 1980
Time Period: 1958 To 1980
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.18 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ambrosia Lake Dome
Type: L
Description: A Major Fault And A Syncline
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 (Location): THE LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 3,189,051 TONS OF ORE. HEAP LEACHING PRODUCED 38,105 LBS U308. THIS WAS THE FIRST MINE IN THE DISTRICT TO PRODUCE 2,000,000 TONS OF ORE, IN SEPT. 1966.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS AS STACK ORE ALONG A MAJOR FAULT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 826-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 40
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
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