Poison Canyon Area, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA Howdy, The Grants District is split almost 50/50 between Cibola & McKinley Counties, NM. The Poison Canyon Area is, however, entirely in McKinley County. Cibola Co is a relatively new political designation created in 1981 from the West 3/4s of Valencia Co. This was the source of the confusion some years ago concerning the East Grants Ridge topaz & spessertine location now in Cibola Co. (I think this has been fixed in Mindat - I haven't checked). At any rate, any reference to the Poison Canyon Area should be changed to McKinley County, NM. See: Rautman, C.A., "Geology and Mineral Technology of the Grants uranium region 1979", Memoir 38, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1980, 226-229, map p19. Also, Northrop/LaBruzza, "Minerals of New Mexico, third eidtion", 286. Thanks Don http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,253505,253505#msg-253505 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:56 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,253505,253512#msg-253512 Re: Poison Canyon Area, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,253505,253512#msg-253512
Don]]> Don Saathoff Localities Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:57:12 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,253505,253509#msg-253509 Re: Poison Canyon Area, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,253505,253509#msg-253509
Fixed. Thanks again!

Chet]]> Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. Localities Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:33:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,253505,253505#msg-253505 Poison Canyon Area, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,253505,253505#msg-253505 The Grants District is split almost 50/50 between Cibola & McKinley Counties, NM. The Poison Canyon Area is, however, entirely in McKinley County. Cibola Co is a relatively new political designation created in 1981 from the West 3/4s of Valencia Co. This was the source of the confusion some years ago concerning the East Grants Ridge topaz & spessertine location now in Cibola Co. (I think this has been fixed in Mindat - I haven't checked).

At any rate, any reference to the Poison Canyon Area should be changed to McKinley County, NM.

See: Rautman, C.A., "Geology and Mineral Technology of the Grants uranium region 1979", Memoir 38, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1980, 226-229, map p19.

Also, Northrop/LaBruzza, "Minerals of New Mexico, third eidtion", 286.

Thanks

Don]]> Don Saathoff Localities Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:07:38 +0000