The Boyd Claims is a uranium mine located in San Juan county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,659 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: 5,659 Feet (1,725 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.84722, -108.40139
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Boyd Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boyd Claims
Secondary: Claims: Boyd
Secondary: Jack Boyd
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: San Juan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Hogback Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION FOR MAIN PROSPECT PIT, LOCATED IN CLAIM NO. 5 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): LENSE CAPS A SMALL MESA, EROSION HAS REMOVED TOP.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1958 AS SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1953-1954
Comment (Geology): THERE IS NO OTHER KNOWN URANIUM OCCURENCE WITHIN A RADIUS OF SEVERAL TENS OF MILES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 52
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1958, US AEC OFR-RME-107
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