The Corral #3 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.20111, -106.88611
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Corral #3 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Corral #3 Mine
Secondary: Mine: Corral #1
Secondary: Sla-Tex
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Gallina District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Sla-Tex Ventures
Production
Year: 1956
Material type: ORE V
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.06 Percent V205
Year: 1956
Material type: ORE U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.03 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Rocks Are Faulted In The Area Of Mineralization
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY ANDERSON (1980). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 260-FT. LONG TRENCH.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CARBONACEOUS ZONE WITH ABUNDANT CLAY GALLS AND SECONDARY CALCIUM CARBONATE CEMENT. THE ROCKS ARE FAULTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 46
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
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