Church Rock Mine

The Church Rock Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,811 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

Name: Church Rock Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  McKinley

Elevation: 6,811 Feet (2,076 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 35.62222, -108.55278

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Church Rock Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Church Rock Mine
Secondary: Mine: Old Church Rock
Secondary: Section A


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.


Production

Year: 1970
Time Period: 1960 To 1970
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.18 Percent U308


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1960
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1959
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Coffinite


Comments

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

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 77,965 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CRETACEOUS DAKOTA SANDSTONE AND THE WESTWATER CANYON AND BRUSHY BASIN MEMBERS OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS FRACTURE-CONTROLLED, REDISTRIBUTED ORE ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC DEBRIS AT THE CONTACT OF THE DAKOTA, BRUSHY BASIN AND WESTWATER CANYON SANDSTONES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 862-FOOT SHAFTS AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 44

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 14

Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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