Blue Jay Claim

The Blue Jay Claim is a uranium mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Jay Claim
Secondary: Blue Jay Hill Deposit Banner

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

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: C. O. Prevost And Fred Prevost
Home Office: White Signal, N.M.
Years: 1961 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Blue Jay Fault Strikes N 70 To 75 E.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization,Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE WHITE SIGNAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Commodity): PITCHBLENDE AT THIS CLAIM IS THE ONLY KNOWN OCCURRENCE OF AN UNOXIDIZED,PRIMARY,URANIUM MINERAL IN THE WHITE SIGNAL DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED DIKES ADJACENT TO AND INTRUDED WITHIN A NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Comment (Development): HEDLUND, 1978, REPORTED AT LEAST FOUR DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED BY CITIES SERVICE CO..

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS BULLDOZER OPENCUTS AND PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING,T.G.,1956 USGS BULL 1009-L,P.344-347

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 88-91, PLATE 7

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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