The Mariano Lake Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,441 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,441 Feet (2,268 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.54667, -108.27778
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Mariano Lake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mariano Lake Mine
Secondary: Mine: Gulf
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Gulf Mineral Resources Co.
Home Office: CO
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1977
Year Last Production: 1983
Discovery Year: 1975
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: R
Description: Mariano (Smith) Lake Anticline
Type: L
Description: Small Faults
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
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PLACE, VALLE, AND BROOKINS (1980) STATE THERE HAS BEEN NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN THE MINERALIZED LOWER CHANNEL SANDSTONE AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC MATERIAL.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 519-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.
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
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MID-1970'S
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 153-194
Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT
Reference (Deposit): MBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31, 1979
Reference (Deposit): STATE MINE INSPECTOR, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES, 1978
Reference (Deposit): NMSMIR, 1976
Reference (Deposit): EMJ DIRECTORY, 1979, P 201
Reference (Deposit): NM STATE MINE INSP., NEW REGISTRATIONS, 1976
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