The Tent Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in San Juan county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,564 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,564 Feet (1,696 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.7094, -109.01470
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Tent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tent Mine
Secondary: Bega No. 2
Secondary: Set Claims
Secondary: Tent Begay
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: San Juan
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Texas Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBM CIR. 29P.11
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 603,P51
Reference (Deposit): INACTIVE URANIUM MINE FILE (NM)
Reference (Deposit): NM STATE MINE INSPECTORS OFFICE
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