The Toadlena Deposit is a tellurium and iron mine located in San Juan county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,883 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
Elevation: 6,883 Feet (2,098 Meters)
Commodity: Tellurium, Iron
Lat, Long: 36.21667, -108.86667
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Toadlena Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Toadlena Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Tellurium
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Thorium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: San Juan
District: Shiprock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Hogback
Type: L
Description: Hogback
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGE 0.4 % TIO2, 11.0 % FE, AND 0.6 % EQUIVELENT THO2
Materials
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Anatase
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS ON UNSURVEYED LAND OF NAVAJO RESERVATION 1.5 MI. SE. OF TOADLENA, AND IS EXPOSED ALONG A HOGBACK CREST. A SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.4% TIO2, 11% FE, AND 0.06% EQUIVALENT THO2. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN 33 NEW MEXICO DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE TOADLENA, ARE ESTIMATED AT 4,751,200 ST WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE PERCENTS OF 12.82 TIO2, 2.07 ZRO2, 15.51 FE, AND 0.10 EQUIVALENT THO2.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
Comment (Commodity): CHENOWETH (1957) REPORTS A GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYING 32 %TIO2
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED LOCATION. THE ONLY REFERENCE TO EXACT LOCATION CITED IN LITERATURE IS "1.5-2 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TOADLENA TRADING POST ON THE CREST OF A HOGBACK." THERE IS NO CADASTRAL GRID FOR THIS LOCATION.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG THE CREST OF A HOGBACK.
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE MENEFEE MEMBER OF THE MESAVERDE FORMATION ; GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE
References
Reference (Deposit): DOW, V.T., AND J.V. BATTY, 1961, USBM REP. OF INV. 5860, P. 34-42.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, W.L., 1957, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 8TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 212-217
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