California and Utah Claims

The California and Utah Claims is a uranium mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: California and Utah Claims
Secondary: California Mine
Secondary: Utah Mine
Secondary: California-Utah Deposit: Calims Patented In 1926
Secondary: California
Secondary: Utah

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Hill, A. G. And Leach, A. A. And F. I.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Leach, A. A. And F.I.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1920 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Smaller Faults Trending Due East Intersect The Main Northwest Striking Fault Near The Main Workings.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED DIABASE DIKES ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1903 COVERING ABOUT 41 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT ON THE CALIFORNIA CLAIM AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS WHICH RANGED FROM 20 TO 40 FT. DEEP AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 86-87,,PLATE 7

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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