The Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine is a uranium, vanadium, and copper mine located in Mora county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,359 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,359 Feet (2,243 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
Lat, Long: 36.0875, -105.22639
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Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine
Secondary: Mine: John Hays
Secondary: Area F
Secondary: Arturo Le Deoux Property
Secondary: Anomoly #9
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Mora
District: Coyote Creek District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Galisteo Mining Co.
Years: 1954 -
Production
Year: 1954
Description: Ap_Grade: ^U308 - 0.04%
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Jarosa Syncline, And Several Faults
Type: L
Description: Several Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Roscoelite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PROSPECTS SHOWN ON THE MAP. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THE URANIUM OCCURS WITH COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE LOWER PART OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO FORMATION. THE URANIUM-VANADIUM ORE-GRADE DEPOSITS ARE SMALL, CLOSELY SPACED POCKETS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONIZED WOOD AND HEMATITE IN THE PINK, FLUVATILE SANDSTONE UNIT. MOST OF THESE POCKETS ARE LESS THAN 2 FEET THICK AND 10 FEET LONG. URANIUM ALSO OCCURS IN SAMLL AMOUNTS WITH COPPER IN THE TRANSITIONAL BEDS AND UPPER PART OF THE RED BASAL ARKOSE, AND IN GRAY SHALE BELOW THE COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE BASAL RED ARKOSE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TRENCHES, PITS, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 109
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 39-44
Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, H.D. AND BALTZ, E.H., JR., 1954, USGS CIRC 334, 10 P.
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 30-32.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., LAUB, D.C., AND FULLER, G.W., 1958, USGS BULL 1030-L, 55 P.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
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