The Windy No. 9 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Miguel county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.52861, -104.45944
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Windy No. 9 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Windy No. 9 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: San Miguel
District: Sabinoso 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: San Carlos Mining Co., Las Vegas, Nm
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Pecos Valley
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): THE WINDY NO. 9 MINE PRODUCED 19 TONS OF ORE YIELDING 19 LBS U308 (0.05%) AND 147 LBS V205.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE CHINLE FORMATION. MINERALIZED LENSES UP TO 1 FT THICK, CONSISTING OF GRAY, CALCAREOUS CALY AND LIMESTONE-PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE ARE INTERBEDDED WITH A GRAY, MEDIUM-GRAINED, MEDIUM-SORTED, ARENITE. THE ARENITE IS TRUNCATED LATERALLY BY MAROON TO RED SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES. UNMINERALIZED GRAY CONGLOMERATIC SANDSTONES OVERLIE AND UNDERLIE THE MINERALIZED ARENITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 75-FOOT INCLINED ADIT.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE CHINLE FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): FINCH, W.I., 1972, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 23RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 171
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T. AND MENZIE, D., 1983, "GEOLOGY AND URANIUM POTENTIAL OF SABINOSO DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO", NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, V. 5, NO. 2, P. 35-38, 40.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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