The Agua Torres Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,627 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,627 Feet (1,715 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 34.2475, -106.67806
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Agua Torres Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Agua Torres Mine
Secondary: Aqua Torres Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Los Pinos Mountains Area
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Campbell Farming Corp. Of Albuquerque, N. M. (1950'S)
Owner Name: Grant Wilson (1950'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Fault Bring Penn Limestone On The West Against Perm Sandstone On The East.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 54, P. 106
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR 1965 BULL 87, P.223
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