Northeast Church Rock Mine

The Northeast Church Rock Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,192 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Northeast Church Rock Mine
Secondary: N.E. Church Rock Mine
Secondary: Northeast Church Rock
Secondary: NE Church Rock #4

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock 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

Type: Private Lease

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Drawer Qq, Gallup, N.M. 87301
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1975
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1965
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

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

Analytical Data: AVERAGES 0.15% U3O8

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE A 745000 TON PER YEAR OPERATION.

Comment (Production): 745000 TPY

Comment (Location): LOCATION OBTAINED FROM SHEET 1 OF GEOLOGIC MAP 31 NMBMMR, 1979.

Comment (Location): Deleted duplicate record MAS 0350310372 gave location as SW of SW Sec. 35, with 35-39-17, -108-30-53 (NAD27) as within 500 m of main entrance.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1960'S

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AN OVERVIEW OF THE N.M. URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1979 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 76

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS PROVIDE ACCESS TO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FM.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMSMIR, 1974

Reference (Deposit): KITTEL, D.F., KELLEY, V.C., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1967 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 173-183

Reference (Deposit): SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, F.A., JR., 1975 NMBMMR BULL 105, 69 PAGES

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