Foutz No. 1 and No. 2 Mines

The Foutz No. 1 and No. 2 Mines is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,379 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Foutz No. 1 and No. 2 Mines
Secondary: Mine: Prospect No. 1
Secondary: Prospect No. 2

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Church Rock 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 Co.

Owner Name: Four Corners Uranium Corp.

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953 To 1954
Material type: ORE U
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.22 To 0.28 Percent U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE COMMON SECTION CORNER OF SECTIONS 04 AND 05. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 566 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS REDISTRIBUTED ORE IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE OF THE WESTWATER CANYON SANDSTONE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN PITS AND A 6-FT CAVED ADIT.

References

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 43

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.10

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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