Saint Anthony Mine

The Saint Anthony Mine is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Saint Anthony Mine
Secondary: Bibo
Secondary: Open Pit No. 1
Secondary: Open Pit No. 2
Secondary: M-6 Orebody
Secondary: Willie P. Orebody
Secondary: St.Anthony Shaft #2
Secondary: St. Anthony Shaft #2
Secondary: St. Anhony Strip
Secondary: St. Anthony Open Pit
Secondary: St. Anthony Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
District: Grants Uranium District: Laguna 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: Located Claim
Type: Private Lease

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Farris Mines, Inc.
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Cebolleta Land Grant
Home Office: NM

Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Drawer Qq, Gallup, N.M. 87301
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Not available

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR SHAFT SHOWN ON THE MOQUINO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS FOR THE SAINT ANTHONY MINE FROM NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 181

Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE A 315000 TON PER YEAR OPERATION.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1980 CONSISTED OF A 357 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A 275 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND TWO OPEN PIT OPERATIONS.

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER (JACKPILE SANDSTONE) OF THE MORRISON FM.

References

Reference (Deposit): NEW MINES LISTINGS,1976, STATE INSP MINES

Reference (Deposit): AN OVERVIEW OF THE N.M. URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1979 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 73

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

Reference (Deposit): GREEN, M.W., AND OTHERS, 1980 U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, OFR PGJ-016, 168 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): MOENCH, R.H., AND SCHLEE, J.S., 1967 USGS PP 519, P. 93-94

Reference (Deposit): NM BOM CIRC 77

Reference (Deposit): MOENCH, R.H., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 157-166

Reference (Deposit): BAIRD, C.W., MARTIN, K.W., AND LOWRY, R.M., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 292-298

Reference (Deposit): JENSEN, M.L., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 188

Reference (Deposit): SCHLEE, J.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1963 USGS MAP GQ-209

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

Reference (Deposit): ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-14, 1976USGS & USBM FOR USBIA

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

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