The Black Jack No. 1 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,441 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,441 Feet (2,268 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.54583, -108.16778
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Black Jack No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Jack No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Black Jack No. 1-Smith Lake
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1971
Time Period: 1959 To 1971
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.22 Percent U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1971
Discovery Year: 1958
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 Anticline
Type: L
Description: 3 Major North-Trending Strike-Slip Faults And Numerous Shear Fractures.
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: Coffinite
Gangue: Carnotite
Gangue: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE BLACK JACK NO. 1 SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 1,439,432 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS FOUND IN A V-SHAPED PRIMARY TREND AND SECONDARY POST-FAULT DEPOSITS IN SEVEN HORIZONS CONTROLLED BY SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 825-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 22
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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