Ruby No. 1 and No. 2 Decline

The Ruby No. 1 and No. 2 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

Name: Ruby No. 1 and No. 2 Decline

State: New Mexico

County: McKinley

Elevation: 7,395 Feet (2,254 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 35.51806, -108.22444

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Ruby No. 1 and No. 2 Decline MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ruby No. 1 and No. 2 Decline
Secondary: Mine: Section 21
Secondary: Tidewater Oil Co.
Secondary: Ruby Well No. 2
Secondary: Ruby #1
Secondary: Ruby No. 1

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Western Nuclear Inc.
Home Office: CO
Info Year: 1979

Production

Year: 1981
Time Period: 1975 To 1981
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.17 Percent U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1975
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1958
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 Lake Anticline

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: Coffinite

Comments

Comment (Workings): MINING WAS DONE WITH A 2000-FT 14-DEGREE DECLINE AND TRACKLESS EQUIPMENT HAULAGE DRIFTS. WORKINGS EXTEND INTO AND INCLUDE THE RUBY NO. 2 OREBODY IN SECTION 27, T15N, R13W.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS FOUND IN AN OXIDIZED ROLL-FRONT OREBODY.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMSMIR, 1977

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9, 1979

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31, 1979

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

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): RISTORCELLI, S.J., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 145-152

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 42

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