The Crownpoint-South Trend Deposit is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.70278, -108.22361
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Crownpoint-South Trend Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crownpoint-South Trend Deposit
Secondary: Deposit: Mobil-Tva
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1979
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1975
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Comment (Location): THE LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THE IN-SITU LEACH OPERATIONS ARE COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL.
Comment (Development): THE LEASE INCLUDES PART OR ALL OF SECTIONS 2-6,8,9,11-17,20-24,27-29, IN T17N,R13W.
Comment (Deposit): MOBIL DID A MASSIVE DRILL HOLE STUDY OF THE AREA. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THIS DEPOSIT.
Comment (Workings): THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN DRILLED BY SURFACE DRILLHOLES TO A DEPTH OF 1900-2000 FEET. THE OPERATORS WERE DOING AN IN-SITU LEACH TO THAT DEPTH.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1970'S
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT, 147 P.
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