The Baby Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 33.42056, -108.82306
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Baby Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Baby Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon District: Cooney Canyon Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: James R. Wray And Leonard T. Haeckel
Years: 1956 -
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1956
Material type: U308
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.10% U308.
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1956
Material type: V205
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.68% V205.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1956
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 0.10 % TO 9.76 % U308 AND 0.13 % TO 1.83 % V205
Materials
Ore: Roscoelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE BABY MINE.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A FRACTURED, SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE ALONG A NORTHWEST-STRIKING ANDESITE DIKE. SHEAR ZONE IS 2 FT. TO 4 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES, GEOLOGIC MAP
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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