The Black Jack No. 2 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,421 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,421 Feet (2,262 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.53278, -108.25333
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Black Jack No. 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Jack No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Unc
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1964
Time Period: 1959 To 1964
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Percent U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1964
Discovery Year: 1957
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: Mariano (Smith) Lake Anticline
Type: L
Description: A Fracture System Trending N55w; A Syncline Formed By The Regional Dip
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
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN SEVERAL LARGE, IRREGULARLY-SHAPED DEPOSITS. THE BEST ORE OCCURS WHERE THE SANDSTONE IS GRAY, CROSS-BEDDED AND COARSE-GRAINED. THE ORE PODS ARE UNOXIDIZED.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 247, 613 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Workings): THE MINE WAS WORKED THROUGH A 330-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH THE DRIFTS BACKFILLED.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20
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
Reference (Deposit): HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 49-52
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