Mariano Lake Mine

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

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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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