Hogan Mine

The Hogan Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,919 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hogan Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Four Corners Exploration, Inc.
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1962 -

Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: 1959 To 1962
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.26 Percent U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1957
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: San Mateo Fault

Type: L
Description: A Sharp Anticlinal Fold That Parallels The San Mateo Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM ANDERSON'S (1980) DIRECTIONS AND PHOTOS OF THE HOGAN SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Development): HOLMQUIST (1970) REPORTS 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVER THE SOUTH 3000 FEET OF SECTION 14. HE GIVES NO NAMES.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE IS FOUND IN REDISTRIBUTED ORE BODIES IN THREE HORIZONS ALONG THE FLANK OF AN ANTICLINAL FOLD PARALLEL TO THE SAN MATEO FAULT. IT IS ALSO RELATED TO A FACIES CHANGE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 340-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.

Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS IN THE POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 129,551 TONS OF ORE.

References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.42

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 33

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 131-133

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