Anaconda Section 9 Mine

The Anaconda Section 9 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Anaconda Section 9 Mine
Secondary: Section 9 Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Farris Mines.
Home Office: Grants, N.M
Years: 1962 -

Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: 1953 To 1962
Year: 1962
Time Period: 1953 To 1962

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1962
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Intraformational Folds, Reef And Reef-Edge Structures.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Coffinite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9.

Comment (Commodity): FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MINERALS IN DEPOSITS IN THE TODILTO LIMESTONE, SEE H.C. GRANGER, 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 34.

Comment (Workings): ABOUT 25 INDIVIDUAL ORE BODIES HAVE BEEN MINED FROM SECTION 9 BY OPEN PITS AND BY ADITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, B.L., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 150-156

Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND OSTLING, E.J., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-680

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59

Reference (Production): U. S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 147

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