The Fernandez-Main Ranch Deposit is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,087 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,087 Feet (2,160 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.34806, -107.66278
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Fernandez-Main Ranch Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fernandez-Main Ranch Deposit
Secondary: Deposit: Gulf
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
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: Gulf Mineral Resources
Home Office: San Mateo, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1968
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
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
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE COMMON SECTION CORNER OF SECTIONS 14, 15, 22 AND 23. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Comment (Deposit): THE SURFACE DRILLHOLES PENETRATED TWO HORIZONS, 13-38 FEET THICK.
Comment (Workings): THE ORE WAS DELINEATED BY SURFACE DRILLHOLES
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 97
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L. AND H.K. HOLEN, 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 17-21
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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