Westwater No. 1 Mine

The Westwater No. 1 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,388 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Westwater No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Green Hornet

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock Subdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico

Owner Name: Westwater Corp.

Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: 1957 To 1960
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.28 Percent U3o8

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1957
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: Pinedale Anticline

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: Uraninite
Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND TWO SHORT ADITS TOTALLING 350-FT. THE ADITS ARE APPROXIMATELY 164-165 FEET LONG.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MCLEMORE'S DATA (1983). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN TWO HORIZONS AS BEDDED SANDSTONE CHANNEL-FILLING IN MUDSTONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 13

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

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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