Haystack Mine

The Haystack Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Haystack Mine
Secondary: Mine: Haystack Butte
Secondary: Section 19
Secondary: Haystack 2
Secondary: Bicba
Secondary: Section 13 Open Pit
Secondary: Nm-B-1 Lease
Secondary: Arthur Bibo
Secondary: Railroad Section
Secondary: Section 24
Secondary: Section 19 Open-Pit Complex

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Santa Fe Railroad

Owner Name: Todilto Exploration And Development Co.

Production

Year: 1981
Time Period: 1951 To 1981
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.11 To 0.22 Percent U3o8

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1951
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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: Thoreau Homocline

Type: L
Description: Intraformational Folds Of The Minor Harmonic Type, Trending And Plunging Northwestward.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL LARGE OPEN PITS AND ONE 1700 FT DECLINE. THE OPEN PITS ARE IN SECTIONS 13 AND 24, T 13 N, R 11 W, AND SECTION 19, T 13 N, R 10 W. THE DECLINE IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, T 13 N, R 11 W.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE COMMON CORNER MARKER FOR SECTIONS 13 AND 24, T13N, R11W, AND SECTION 19, T13N, R10W ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT MAY HAVE CONTAINED TWO OR MORE OREBODIES. THE ORE OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN THE PLATY MEMBER AT OR NEAR THE BASE OF THE TODILTO. THE ORE WAS LOCALIZED WITHIN AN AREA 0F RELATIVELY STRONG FOLDS OF THE MINOR HARMONIC TYPE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 333,208 TONS OR ORE. THE VANADIUM PRODUCTION CAME FROM 137,310 TONS OF ORE

References

Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY", NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT

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

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 106-109

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, E.D., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 136-149

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36-37

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