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Pyrite from
Poison Canyon Mine, Poison Canyon area, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Poison Canyon Mine, Poison Canyon area, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:227987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:227987:9
GUID (UUID V4):31ac2e7a-e654-4b02-beb9-3773eba2697a
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Dog Mine, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Dog Incline No. 1 Mine, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Faith Mine, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Flat Top No. 3 Mine, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Section 23 deposit, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Marquez deposit, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Hogan Mine, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Red Point lode, Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Section 30 deposit (Kermac), Ambrosia Lake subdistrict, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Ann Lee Mine (Ann Lee Mine No. 1), McKinley County, New Mexico, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
Report (issue)
Uranium and Thorium Occurrences in New Mexico: Distribution, Geology, Production, and Resources,...Selected Bibliography Virginia T . McLemore New Mexico Bureauof Mines and Mineral Resources Open-file...Grand Junction Area Office Subcontract NO. 82-555-E Abstract Uranium andthoriuminNew Mexico are found...four geographic provencesNew in Mexico. Uranium productionin New Mexico has surpassed yearly production...since 1956. Over 200 mines in 18 counties in New Mexico metric tons) OfU308 have produced 163,010 tons
Report (issue)
INDEX FOR THE NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH by James D. Bliss U.S. Geological...continental sandstones of the Morrison Formation, New Mexico: IAEA, Formation of Uranium Ore Deposits, p....Anderson, E.G., 1955, Occurrences of uranium ores in New Mexico: Bur. Mines Miner. Resour. Circ. 29, 39p. Anonymous...N.M. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol, Arnold, E.G., 1980, New Mexico's energy resources '79: Miner. Resour. Ann...engineering, New York, Pergamon Press, v. "27 p. 338. Austin, S.R., 1960, Alteration at Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1961 SANDSTONE-TYPE NEW URANIUM MEXICO--AN No. 7 DEPOSITS AT AMBROSIA LAKE, INTERIM REPORT • H........... ABSTRACT The Ambrosia Lake district in northwestern New Mexico is the most important...upper half of the Westwater Canyon sandstonemember and near the base of the Poison Canyonsandstonetongue (9)...milling area in the United States is in McKinley and Valencia Countiesof northwesternNew Mexico. The Ambrosia...Ambrosia Lake district and the nearby Laguna district (Fig. 1) together containmore than 50 percentof
Report (issue)
ore deposits of the Section 23 mine, Ambrosia lake district, New Mexico By H. C. Granger and E. S. Santos... ILLUSTRATIONS Page Figure 1. Map of northwestern New Mexico showing the location of the Grants mineral belt....... 3 2. Location of major mines in the Ambrosia Lake district.......... 4 3. Map of sec. 23 uranium................................33 13. Sketch of mine wall at sample suite 40G62........................Cross section of the Homestake-Sapin Section 23 mine...........38 15. Change in uranium content of
Report (issue)
Recapture Member. ____________________ Westwater Canyon Member. ____________ Brushy Basin Member_ _________________...Sandstone___ ________________________ Crevasse Canyon Formation. ________________ Point Lookout Sandstone...Morrison Formation, __________-_-_-__--_-_Ambrosia Lake district. _________________ Stratigraphy. _____...__________________ Mancos Shale, Gallup Sandstone, Crevasse Canyon Formation, Point Lookout Sandstone, Menefee Formation...Geologic map of uranium deposits in northwestern New Mexico. Generalized correlation chart of the principal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Belt, New Mexico D. G. Brookins Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,...87131, USA Clay mineralogy studies of ore rocks versus barren rocks in the Grants mineral belt, New Mexico...from clay minerals collected from two mines at Ambrosia Lake in reduced rocks indicate probable preservation...commonly in the deposits at the time of primary mine raliz ation. A brief discussion of uranium mineralization...U-V-Se-Mo the usual sequence is: selenium first or with pyrite, uranium and vanadium at essentially the same location
Journal (issue)
New Mexico GEOLOGY February, 2017 Volume 39, Number 1 New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources/A...Resources/A Division of New Mexico Tech New Mexico GEOLOGY February, 2017 Volume 39, Number 1 Uranium...Cebolleta project, Laguna mining district, Cibola County, New Mexico Ted Wilton.................................Policy on Historic Uranium Mining Operations in New Mexico Katie Zemlick, Bruce M. Thomson, Janie Chermak...publication of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, a division of the New Mexico Institute
Report (issue)
ABANDONED OR INACTIVE MINES IN NEW URANIUM MEXICO A report of investigation carrie'd out between...with the New Mexico Energy and Minerals Department. by Orin J. Anderson New of Mines Mexico Bureau...i o n a p p r o x i m a t e l y . u r a n i u m mine s i t e s were v i s i t e d . distributed throughout...the western marginofthe S.an &an Basin. 200 McKinley, and s o u t h e r n Other c o u n t i e s w...location, type and s i z e ofmine, condition of mine, host formation, dimensions of remaining water
Report (issue)
ABANDONED OR INACTIVE MINES IN NEW URANIUM MEXICO A report of investigation carrie'd out between...with the New Mexico Energy and Minerals Department. by Orin J. Anderson New of Mines Mexico Bureau...i o n a p p r o x i m a t e l y . u r a n i u m mine s i t e s were v i s i t e d . distributed throughout...the western marginofthe S.an &an Basin. 200 McKinley, and s o u t h e r n Other c o u n t i e s w...location, type and s i z e ofmine, condition of mine, host formation, dimensions of remaining water
Report (issue)
INDEX FOR THE NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH by James D. Bliss U.S.. Geological...index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report...index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...index for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...for the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, Mew Mexico and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Report (volume)
Maybell, Colorado 5 Palangana salt dome, Texas 5 Poison Basin, Wyoming 5 South Texas 6 Temple Mountain...Member of the Wanakah Formation of the Grants area, New Mexico 6 Geology of uranium occurrences that show...associations with petroliferous materials 7 Carlsbad, New Mexico 7 Chalone Creek, California 7 Edna, California...the Grants area, New Mexico 9 Rifle Creek, Colorado 9 Shirley Basin, Wyoming 10 White Canyon, Utah 10 ...associations with petroliferous materials 10 Anderson mine, Date Creek Basin, Arizona 10 Cameron, Arizona 10
Thesis/Dissertation
OF URANIUM MINERALS IN THE GRANTS MINERAL BELT, NEW MÉXICO: APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE DEVELOPMENT...Exploration New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Department of Mineral Engineering Socorro, New Mexico... ABSTRACT The Grants Mineral Belt of northwestern New Mexico was mined from the 1940s to the late 1980s, with...preliminary mineral profile for portions of the Ambrosia Lake and Laguna sub-districts in order to aid leaching...the Mt. Taylor and Section 31 mines. Fine-grained pyrite is observed with carbonaceous matter from numerous
Report (issue)
Genesis of Coffinite in the Grants Uranium Region, New Mexico U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1808-A AVAILABILITY...the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State...Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological Survey, New Federal Building - Box 12 101 Twelfth Ave., Fairbanks...Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. Chapter A Uranium
Report (issue)
SURVEY Origin of the Mariano Lake Uranium Deposit, McKinley County, New Mexico By Neil S. Fishman and Richard...Geologic setting and description of the Mariano Lake deposit...............8 Sampling and analytical...continued Page Origin and preservation of the Mariano Lake deposit.......................42 Conciusi ons.....the Mariano Lake deposit.......................9 2. Plan map of the Smith Lake-Mariano Lake trend of orebodies...the Mariano Lake Uranium Deposit, McKinley County, New Mexico ABSTRACT The Mariano Lake uranium deposit
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 39 The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954 A revision of...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...THE HONORABLE EDWIN L. MECHEM………...Governor of New Mexico MRS. GEORGIA L. LUSK ......................Superintendent...Dealing With the Geology and Mineral Resources of New Mexico ...................................................................... 4 METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO.............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3 SOUTHERN PART OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO • LOWELL S. HILPERT AND ROBERT H. MOENCH...deposits ...................................... Poison Canyon and associateddeposits .......................along the southern margin of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Here the exposedsequenceof sedimentaryrocks...igneousactivity has been intensein the easternpart of the area from late Tertiary to Recenttime, there is no evidenceto...southernmarginof the San Juan Basinin northwestern New Mexico promptedintensiveexplorationthat by 1958had foundabout50
Report (issue)
control area.....................................................44 Application of model to test area....... The grid systems for the San Juan Basin study area..............46 in Tables Page Table 1. Concentration...knowledge and experience of a few individuals. New and improved methodology in development for the DOE...Basin, the Nation's dominant uranium production area. This progress report is divided into a number of...tabular humate uranium deposits, San Juan Basin, New Mexico by H. C. Granger, W. I. Finch, R. E. Thaden,
Report (issue)
of Eagle Nest Area New Mexico Photo on title page: Lake Fork valley from Frazer mine, Twining Fairview...Fairview Mountain at right NEW MEXICO STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 94 1972 GEOLOGY...OF EAGLE NEST AREA, NEW MEXICO by KENNETH F. CLARK and CHARLES B. READ iv New Mexico State Bureau of...Resources Don H. Baker, Jr., Director A Division of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Stirling A...OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
group of uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau area and uranium ores from two other areas have been...data for snmplcs of pit,chblende from Great Bear Lake and ~Joacl~in~stl~al art’ show11 for comparison...channel sample collected from the Mineral Joe mine, Montrose County, Colorado, and are fully described by GARRELSand...GARRELSand others (in preparation). The mine is in the Morrison formation of Jurassic age. The channel...uranium ore, Mineral Joe mine, Cola. Oxidized ore, composite sample. Mineral Joe mine, Cola. Oxidized ore
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A. NORTHROP University of Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER ...UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1...history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New New Mexico under
Report (issue)
HYDROLOGY OF AREA 61, NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN COAL PROVINCES, COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO HUERFANO...PURGATOIRE RIVER CANADIAN RIVER VERMEJO RIVER NEW MEXICO i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL... HYDROLOGY OF AREA 61, NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN COAL PROVINCES, COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BY P............... 44 P. O. Abbott 5.4.2 Flood-prone area mapping .................................................... 86 10.0 Supplemental information for Area 61 ............................................
Book
Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1993 Softcover reprint oftbe hardcover 1st...Eastern Block countries during 1990 and 1991 provided new and more precise information of uranium deposits...Africa, Namibia), Chenoweth W. (Colorado Plateau, USA), Coste A. (Limousin, France), Cuney M. (granites...Grauch R (western USA), Gautier A. (breccia pipe deposits, USA), Halladay Ch.R (eastern USA), Harshman E.N...N. (Wyoming Basins, USA), Hruby J. (CSFR), Kolb S. (Bavaria, W-Germany), Krol W. (Eastern Europe), Matos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, T959 NATIVE SELENIUMFROM GRANTS,NEW MEXICO* XIrxc-Sn.a,NSvN, Meu Mex'ico Bureou of Mines...sample (No. 760) was collectedfrom the l,Iarquez mine of the Uranium Division, Calumet and Hecla, Inc...Inc., in Section 23, T.13N., R.gW., NlcKinley County, New lfexico, about 20 miles north of Grants. OccunnBwcB...mostly claystone. In the Poison Canyon area and in the vicinity of the Marquez mine, the sandstoneof the...is about 5 miles due West of the Marquez mine. "Poison Canyon sandstone" has not been acceptedas an official
Report (volume)
Coal Resources of the Starkville-Weston Area Las Animas County Colorado By GORDON H. WOOD, JR., ROSS B...resources in a 245 square-mile area in the southwestern part of Las Animas County, Colorado UNITED STATES..._________________________ Tertiary strata, Poison Canyon formation_ _ _____________ __ ___ Quaternary...areas_______________________________ Coal beds of the Poison Canyon formation____________________ Physical and chemical...showing location of the Starkville-Weston area, Las Animas County, Colo., and its relation to adjacent areas
 
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