Section 36 Mine

The Section 36 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Section 36 Mine
Secondary: United Western Mine
Secondary: Vca Sec 36

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Type: State Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: United Nuclear-Homestake Partners
Info Year: 1970

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): FILE, 1965, NMBMMR CIRC 77

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MINES FILE

Reference (Deposit): STATE PLANNING OFFICE, P 11

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MAP FILES

Reference (Deposit): HOWARD, E. VIET, 1967, METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N.M.,

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P 41

Reference (Deposit): USGS 7 1/2 MIN TOPO

Reference (Deposit): NMSMIR, 1957

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