Section 18 Mine

The Section 18 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,139 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Section 18 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Williams and Thompson
Secondary: Brown Vandever
Secondary: Federal Incline

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Brown Vandever

Owner Name: Cibola Mining
Years: 1967 -

Production

Year: 1966
Time Period: 1952 To 1966
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.19 Percent U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1966
Discovery Year: 1954
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: Datil Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thoreau Homocline

Type: L
Description: Minor Folding

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: Carnotite
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 25,796 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS AS SMALL AND MEDIUM IRREGULARY SHAPED ORE BODIES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN CUTS, A 200-FT INCLINED SHAFT, AND A TRENCH THAT DESCENDS DOWN INTO AN OPEN STOPE

References

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36

Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983; NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 105

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

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