F-33 Mine

The F-33 Mine is a uranium 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: F-33 Mine
Secondary: Anaconda Section 33 Mine

Commodity

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

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: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: Grants, N.M
Years: 1959 -

Production

Year: 1959
Time Period: 1954 To 1959
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1954 To 1959

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1959
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: Deposits Largely Confined To Axial Zones Of Intraformational Anticlines.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MINE IN SEC. 33 AS SHOWN ON THE GRANTS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Commodity): FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MINERALS FOUND IN DEPOSITS IN THE TODILTO LIMESTONE. SEE GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 33-35

Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL DEPOSIT IS STRING-LIKE, TRENDS N 70 E, IS ABOUT 100 FT. WIDE, UP TO 15 FT. THICK AND MORE THAN 1200 FT. LONG.

Comment (Workings): MINED FROM ADIT.

Comment (Geology): B.L.PERRY, 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 150-156, REPORTS SOME ANTICLINAL STRUCTURES IMPORTANT AS ORE CONTROLS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS REEF AND REEF-EDGE STRUCTURES.

References

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1960 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 55, NO 3, P.460-461

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 33-35

Reference (Deposit): KERR, P.F., AND WILCOX, J.T., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 205, 209, 212

Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND RAUP, O.B., 1967 USGS MAP GQ-681

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 59, 101-102

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

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