The Silver Bit Mines is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.45972, -108.08750
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Silver Bit Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Bit Mines
Secondary: Mine: Silver Bit No. 7
Secondary: Silver Bit No. 15
Secondary: Silver Bit No. 18
Secondary: Pentada Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: United Western
Owner Name: G. W. Fields
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Not available
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: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): ANDERSON (1980) REPORTS NO MINERALIZATION IS PRESENTAT THE MINES. THERE IS A CARBONACEOUS SHALE ZONE IS EXPOSED FOUR FOOT ABOVE THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON AND BRUSHY BASIN MEMBERS OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Workings): THERE IS A 20-FT ADIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CANYON AND A 100-FT LONG BENCH CUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CANYON.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 26
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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