Floyd Collins Claim

The Floyd Collins Claim is a uranium mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,175 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Floyd Collins Claim

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

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: Leach, A. A.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Atrimas Mining Co..
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1954 -

Production

Year: 1954
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.15% U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults And Diabase Dikes Strike N 20 W Near The Mine.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 TO CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS NUMEROUS VEINLETS AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN HIGHLY FRACTURED, ALTERED DIABASE. ONE CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2169.

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 91-93, PLATE 7

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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

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