Section 17 Mine

The Section 17 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,119 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Section 17 Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: P.O. Box 218, Grants, N.M. 87020
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Jordisite

Comments

Comment (Workings): ACCESS TO WORKINGS IS BY A 1094 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.

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

Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS IDENTIFIED BY GRANGER, H.C., 1963, P. 29

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

References

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 21-37

Reference (Deposit): SANTOS, E.S., AND THADEN, R.E., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-515

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 37

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

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

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