The Westwater No. 1 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,388 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,388 Feet (2,252 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.55944, -108.49722
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Westwater No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Westwater No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Green Hornet
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Owner Name: Westwater Corp.
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: 1957 To 1960
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.28 Percent U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1957
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: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pinedale Anticline
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: Uraninite
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND TWO SHORT ADITS TOTALLING 350-FT. THE ADITS ARE APPROXIMATELY 164-165 FEET LONG.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S DATA (1983). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN TWO HORIZONS AS BEDDED SANDSTONE CHANNEL-FILLING IN MUDSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 13
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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