Section 15 Mine

The Section 15 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,080 feet.

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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: Section 15 Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  McKinley

Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 35.43639, -107.87778

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Section 15 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Section 15 Mine
Secondary: Homestake-Sapin Mine No. 15


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Homestake Mining Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 98, Grants, N.M. 87020


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Year Last Production: 1979
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
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: L
Description: Deposit Consists Of Both Trend And Stack Orebodies.


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: Barite
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Tyuyamunite


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT IN SECTION 15 AS SHOWN ON THE GOAT MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Development): PREVIOUSLY OPERATED BY UNITED NUCLEAR-HOMESTAKE PARTNERS (1980)

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1980 CONSISTED OF A DECLINE AND A 623 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT. OPERATION USES A MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR MINING METHOD.

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON AND BRUSHY BASIN (POISON CANYON SANDSTONE) MEMBERS OF THE MORRISON FM..


References

Reference (Deposit): GOULD, W., SMITH, R.B., METZGER, S.P., AND MELANCON, P.E., 1963 NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 66-71

Reference (Deposit): THADEN, R.E., SANTOS, E.S., AND OSTLING, E.J., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-518

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 40, 69

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

Reference (Deposit): SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9

Reference (Deposit): URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 61

Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981 NEW REGISTRATIONS

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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