Paguate Deposits

The Paguate Deposits is a uranium mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Paguate Deposits
Secondary: Jackpile-Paguate Open Pit Mine
Secondary: P-10 Mine
Secondary: Pw 2/3 Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
District: Grants Uranium District: Laguna 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Anaconda Copper Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 638, Grants, N.M. 87020
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1956
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): FOR COMPLETE LIST OF ORE MINERALS SEE KITTEL, D.F., 1963, P. 170

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE PAGUATE DEPOSITS. THE JACKPILE DEPOSITS ARE ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF THE PAGUATE.

Comment (Development): REPORTED TO BE A 5000 TON PER DAY OPERATION IN 1979.

Comment (Workings): JACKPILE-PAGUATE OPEN PIT WITH ABOUT 3000 ACRES OF PIT AREA IS REPORTED TO BE THE WORLDS LARGEST OPEN PIT URANIUM MINE. THE P-10 MINE USES ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS, ATTAINS A DEPTH OF 450 FT AND HAS A 2400 FT. DECLINE FOR ACCESS. THE PW 2/3 MINE USES ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS WITH ACCESS BY AN ADIT IN THE PIT WALL.

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER (JACKPILE SANDSTONE) OF THE MORRISON FM.

Comment (Deposit): NMBMMR BULL 105 IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE GRANTS URANIUM REGION, 1950 TO 1972. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): MOENCH, R.H., AND SCHLEE, J.S., 1967 USGS PP 519, P. 55, P. 97

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 57, P. 69, P. 72, P. 74

Reference (Deposit): SCHLEE, J.S., AND MOENCH, R.H., 1963 USGS MAP GQ-209

Reference (Deposit): KITTEL, D.F., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 167-176

Reference (Deposit): 12) AN OVERVIEW OF THE N.M. URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1979 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 71-77

Reference (Deposit): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 60

Reference (Deposit): 11) KITTEL, D.F., KELLEY, V.C., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1967 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 18TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 173-183

Reference (Deposit): GREEN, M.W., AND OTHERS, 1980 U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, OFR PGJ-016, 168 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): BECK, R.G., CHERRYWELL, C.H., EARNEST, D.F., AND FEIRN, W.C., 1980 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 269-275

Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31

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