The Standing Rock is a titanium, metal, iron, thorium, and zirconium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,841 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: 6,841 Feet (2,085 Meters)
Commodity: Titanium, Metal, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium
Lat, Long: 35.7425, -108.51028
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Standing Rock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standing Rock
Commodity
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Primary: Iron
Primary: Thorium
Primary: Zirconium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE GRAVEL PIT LOCATED ON FLAT TOP HILL SHOWN ON THE DALTON PASS QUADRANGLE. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA.
Comment (Deposit): ONE DEPOSIT IS 3500 X 100 X 3 FT; 2ND IS 2100 X 350 X 8 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO FLAT-LYING SEGMENTS TO THE DEPOSIT. THREE SAMPLES AVERAGED 4.3% TIO2, 0.3% ZRO2, 27.1% FE, AND 0.06% EQUIVALENT THO2. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN THE 33 NEW MEXICO DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE STANDING ROCK, ARE ESTIMATED AT 4,751,200 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 12.82 TIO2, 2.07 ZRO2, 15.51 FE, AND 0.10 EQUIVALENT THO2. ; INFO.SRC : GRANTS URANIUM DISTRICT CHURCH ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961, RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5860, 52 P.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
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