The Canyon Deposit is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,241 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
Elevation: 7,241 Feet (2,207 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.65972, -108.20722
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Canyon Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canyon Deposit
Secondary: Deposit: United Nuclear Corp.-Tennesee Valley Authority
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1974
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE AREA WAS SURFACE DRILLED TO DELINEATE THE OREBODY
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FOR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Comment (Deposit): THERE IS NO AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE DEPOSIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
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