Miguel Creek Dome

The Miguel Creek Dome is a mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Miguel Creek Dome  

State:  New Mexico

County:  McKinley

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 35.55, -107.45000

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Miguel Creek Dome MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Miguel Creek Dome


Commodity

Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Thorium


Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley


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
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Anatase


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS IS TRIANGULAR OUTCROP AT EAST END TAPERING TO A POINT AT WEST END. COMPOSITE SAMPLE AVERAGED 4.0% TIO2, 0.4% ZRO2, 17.2% FE, AND 0.03% EQUIVALENT THO2. THE POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE IN THE 33 NEW MEXICO DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE SAN MIGUEL CREEK DOME, 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 (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-BEACH AND MARINE


References

Reference (Deposit): DOW, V. T., AND BATTY, J. V., 1961, RECONNAISSANCE OF TITANIFEROUS SANDSTONE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5860, 52 P


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