The Church Rock No. 1 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,011 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: 7,011 Feet (2,137 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.66389, -108.50417
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Church Rock No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Church Rock No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Churchrock No 1 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Box 28, Church Rock, N.M. 87311
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1977
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1965
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: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION OBTAINED FROM SHEET 1 OF GEOLOGIC MAP 31 NMBMMR, 1979.
Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE A 1000 TON PER DAY OPERATION. INITIAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS WERE REPORTED TO BE 15 MILLION DOLLARS.
Comment (Workings): ACCESS IS BY AN 1851 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT. OPERATION USES ROOM AND PILLAR MINING METHODS. CONNECTS UNDERGROUND WITH THE CHURCH ROCK NO. 1 EAST MINE WHICH USES A 1529 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.
Comment (Deposit): NMBMMR BULL 105 IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GRANTS URANIUM REGION FROM 1950 TO 1972. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KITTEL, D.F., KELLEY, V.C., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1967 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 173-183.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES.
Reference (Deposit): SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9.
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31.
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 61
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