The Section 33 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,969 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,969 Feet (2,124 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.40222, -107.79417
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Section 33 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 33 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Branson
Secondary: Mining Unit 33
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Branson (Estate)
Years: 1983 -
Owner Name: Kerr-Mcgee
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1983 -
Production
Year: 1979
Time Period: 1959 To 1979
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.16 Percent U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1979
Discovery Year: 1958
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 North-Trending Graben In The Eastern Part Of The Section.
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: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 960,007 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS AS A LARGE, SOMEWHAT DISCONTINUOUS, ELONGATE TABULAR CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS A NORTH-TRENDING GRABEN OFFSETS THE DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SECTION.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 848-FOOT SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WEST WATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 38
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 84-86
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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