The Ruby No. 3 and No. 4 Decline is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,395 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: 7,395 Feet (2,254 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.50556, -108.15972
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Ruby No. 3 and No. 4 Decline MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby No. 3 and No. 4 Decline
Secondary: Mine: Western Nuclear
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1980
Year Last Production: 1982
Discovery Year: 1968
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
Type: R
Description: Mariano Anticline
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): THE ORE IS SIMILAR TO THE RUBY NO. 1 AND NO. 2 OREBODY. THE ORE OCCURS IN AN OXIDIZED ROLL-FRONT OREBODY AND AS PRIMARY TREND ORE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 2000-FT 11-DEGREE DECLINE WITH HAULAGE DRIFTS THAT EXTEND INTO THE RUBY NO. 4 OREBODY IN SECTION 26, T 15 N, R 13 W
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): RISTORCELLI, S.J., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 145-152
Reference (Deposit): HATCHELL, W.O. AND C. WENTZ, 1981, "URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY-A REVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY 1980," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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