Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict

The Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict is a vanadium and uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Grants Uranium District: Smith Lake Subdistrict
Secondary: Mariano Lake
Secondary: Ambrosia Lake
Secondary: Poison Canyon
Secondary: Poison Creek
Secondary: Pentata
Secondary: Prewitt

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: GRANTS URANIUM DISTRICT: SMITH LAKE SUBDISTRICT

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: STRATIFORM
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1983
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Type: R
Description: MARIANO (SMITH LAKE) ANTICLINE, BIG DRAW FAULT ZONE, BLUEWATER FAULT

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): HOSKINS, W.G., 1963, NMBMMR MEM. 15, P. 49-52

Reference (Deposit): MACRAE, M.E., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 45-48

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 41-42

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 20-28

Reference (Deposit): RAUTMAN, C.A., COMP., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 153-194

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR, OFR-148

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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