The Eastside Mines is a vanadium mine located in San Juan county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,574 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,574 Feet (1,699 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium
Lat, Long: 36.70833, -109.02583
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Eastside Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eastside Mines
Secondary: Mines: Alongo
Secondary: Bb
Secondary: Bbb
Secondary: East Reservation
Secondary: Junction
Secondary: King Tut 1
Secondary: Lookout Point
Secondary: Nelson Point
Secondary: Salt Canyon
Secondary: Shadyside
Secondary: Shadyside 2
Secondary: Tent 1
Secondary: Tent 2
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: San Juan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1968
Time Period: 1948-1968
Material type: V AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 2.81 % V2o5
Year: 1968
Time Period: 1948-1968
Material type: U AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade = 0.25 % U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION FOR ADIT ON KING TUT PROPERTY, LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE EASTSIDE MINES. THE SECTION LINES WERE PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS SMALL TO MEDIUM ELONGATE LENSES, TRENDING EASTWARD.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1969 WERE NUMEROUS SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE SALT WASH MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP603, P. 51-52, 81-83.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1977, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 28TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 257-262
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1981, NMBMMR, OFR-148, SAN JUAN COUNTY, 192 P.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR, OFR-183, P. 65-70
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., AND LEARNED, E.A., 1980, US DOE REPORT TM-210
Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1961, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1
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