The Section 29 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,969 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,969 Feet (2,124 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.40833, -107.81667
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Section 29 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 29 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kerr-Mcgee
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1983 -
Production
Year: 1970
Time Period: 1962 To 1970
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Percent U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1961
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1958
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: Ambrosia Lake Dome
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: Molybdenite
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE NORTHWEST QUARTER WAS MINED THROUGH THE SECTION 30 SHAFT, THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER THROUGH UNITED NUCLEAR-HOMESTAKE PARTNER'S SECTION 32 SHAFT, AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER THROUGH THE SECTION 33 SHAFT. THE MINING METHOD WAS MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 486,375 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Development): KERR MCGEE MINED THE NORTHWEST QUARTER THROUGH THE SECTION 30 SHAFT, THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER THROUGH UN-HP'S SECTION 32 SHAFT AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER THROUGH THE SECTION 33 SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A LARGE CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS IN TWO MAIN HORIZONS THAT ARE AN EXTENSION OF SECTION 30'S DEPOSIT. THE ORE IS TREND ORE.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603
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