The Section 26 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,021 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.33333, -107.86306
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Section 26 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 26 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Hanosh
Secondary: Indian Allotment
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1952 To 1957
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.38 Percent U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thorfau Homocline
Type: L
Description: A Conjugate Fault Set
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: Pitchblende
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 11,110 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED, WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE ORE IN SECTION 25. THE ORE IS CONTAINED IN SMALL POCKETS OF FLUORITE AND IS CONTROLLED BY CONJUGATE JOINT SETS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 155-FOOT DECLINE SHAFT AND A LARGE OPEN PIT. THE OPEN PIT IS 25-FT. DEEP AND ABOUT 50-FT. SQUARE. THE PORTAL OF THE DECLINE IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF A 75-FT LONG, 20-FT DEEP BOX CUT.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S (1983) DATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 19808 NMBMMR OFR-148, P MC-149
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 37
Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., JR., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 147
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