The San Mateo Mine is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,116 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,116 Feet (2,169 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.32833, -107.72056
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San Mateo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Mateo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict: San Mateo 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
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Home Office: NM
Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: Grants, N.M
Years: 1964 - 1970
Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: Grants, N.M
Years: 1970 -
Production
Year: 1970
Time Period: 1959 To 1970
Material type: U308
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.17 % U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1957
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposit Is Near The Southeastern Limit Of The Poison Canyon Ore Trend.
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
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE LIES AT A DEPTH OF ABOUT 1400 FT. IN SEVERAL LARGE AND MEDIUM SIZE DEPOSITS. GENERALLY ELONGATE SOUTHEASTWARD.
Comment (Workings): ACCESS IS BY SHAFT TO ORE AT A DEPTH OF ABOUT 1400 FT.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN (POISON CANYON SANDSTONE) MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE SAN MATEO MINE AS SHOWN ON THE SAN MATEO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES 1962 P62
Reference (Deposit): NMBM DIRECTORY OF MINES 1965
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59
Reference (Deposit): SANTOS, E.S., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-517
Reference (Deposit): RAPAPORT, I., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 122-135, FIG. 1
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1959 TO 1971
Reference (Production): U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
Reference (Deposit): SAN MATEO TOPO, USGS 1962
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