Coyote Hill Mine

The Coyote Hill Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,811 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Coyote Hill Mine
Secondary: Mines: Serrano
Secondary: Hillfoot No. 1, Bridges, Red Bird

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Chama Basin

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: F. T. Bridges

Production

Year: 1954
Material type: ORE V
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.09% V205
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE U
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.10% U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BEDDED

Structure

Not available

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

Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT OPEN CUT.

Comment (Geology): CHENOWETH (1974) LABELS ALL URANIUM-BEARING ROCK AS ABO FORMATION.

Comment (Deposit): THERE IS SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN MCLEMORE (1983) AND ANDERSON (1980) AS TO THE NAME, WORKINGS AND PRODUCTION OF THIS LOCATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): THERE IS A MINERALIZED ZONE AT THE BASE OF CHANNEL CONGLOMERITIC SANDSTONE. (MCLEMORE, 1983).

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 28 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN IN ANDERSON'S (1980) REPORT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 3-7

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 1-364, 3-7

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-178, 778P.

Reference (Deposit): CHENOWETH, F.L., 1974, US AEC, TM-194

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