Corral #3 Mine

The Corral #3 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,100 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

Name: Corral #3 Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sandoval

Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)

Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium

Lat, Long: 36.20111, -106.88611

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Corral #3 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Corral #3 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Corral #1
Secondary: Sla-Tex


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Gallina District


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


Ownership

Owner Name: Sla-Tex Ventures


Production

Year: 1956
Material type: ORE V
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.06 Percent V205
Year: 1956
Material type: ORE U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.03 Percent U308


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1956
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: Navajo Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: BEDDED


Structure

Type: L
Description: Rocks Are Faulted In The Area Of Mineralization


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY ANDERSON (1980). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 260-FT. LONG TRENCH.

Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CARBONACEOUS ZONE WITH ABUNDANT CLAY GALLS AND SECONDARY CALCIUM CARBONATE CEMENT. THE ROCKS ARE FAULTED.


References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 46

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148.

Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1


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