The White Flow #1 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.2025, -106.88306
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White Flow #1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Flow #1 Mine
Secondary: Mines: White Flo #1
Secondary: Claims: Corral #3 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Vegitas Cluster-Gallina
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Whiteflo Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1954
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.12% V2o5
Year: 1954
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.08% U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LIGHT GREY AND RED ARKOSIC SILTSTONE, AND MUDSTONE ALONG CHANNEL SCOURS IN THE CUTLER FORMATION.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NORTHEAST TRENDING OPEN CUT AND A LARGE DUMP THE CUT IS 100 FT LONG BY 20 FT WIDE AND HAS A MAXIMUM DEPT OF 6 FT. THE DUMP HAS A CONICAL SHAPE, 125 FT LONG BY 10-12 FT WIDE WITH AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 4 FT.
Comment (Geology): MCLEMORE (1983) PLACES THIS DEPOSIT IN THE PERMIAN ABO FORMATION.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR LOCATION MARKED ON ANDERSON'S (1980) MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 4 TONS OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778 P.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-402, 3-7
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 3-7
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 46
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