The Coyote Hill Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,811 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,811 Feet (2,076 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.15833, -106.64806
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Coyote Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coyote Hill Mine
Secondary: Mines: Serrano
Secondary: Hillfoot No. 1, Bridges, Red Bird
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Chama Basin
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. T. Bridges
Production
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE V
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.09% V205
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.10% U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Not available
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
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): CHENOWETH (1974) LABELS ALL URANIUM-BEARING ROCK AS ABO FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): THERE IS SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN MCLEMORE (1983) AND ANDERSON (1980) AS TO THE NAME, WORKINGS AND PRODUCTION OF THIS LOCATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THERE IS A MINERALIZED ZONE AT THE BASE OF CHANNEL CONGLOMERITIC SANDSTONE. (MCLEMORE, 1983).
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 28 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN IN ANDERSON'S (1980) REPORT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 3-7
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-364, 3-7
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778P.
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, F.L., 1974, US AEC, TM-194
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