The Section 23,26 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,021 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.33611, -107.86389
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Section 23,26 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 23,26 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1957 To 1958
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.32 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1951
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
Type: R
Description: Thoreau Homocline
Type: L
Description: A Conjugate Joint System
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 21,826 TONS OF ORE
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A CLUSTER OF SMALL AND MEDIUM IRREGULARLY SHAPED DEPOSITS IN AN ELONGATE ZONE THAT TRENDS EASTWARD.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR BUILDINGS LOCATED NEAR THE OPEN PIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF OPEN PITS THAT HAVE A WNW-ESE OVERALL TREND.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-150
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36
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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