Church Rock Mine, McKinley County, New Mexico, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Church Rock Mine | Mine |
| McKinley County | County |
| New Mexico | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 37' 20'' North , 108° 33' 12'' West
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| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Church Rock | 1,128 (2011) | 10.7km |
| Brimhall Nizhoni | 199 (2011) | 18.1km |
| Gallup | 23,240 (2017) | 20.0km |
| Yah-ta-hey | 590 (2011) | 20.5km |
| Twin Lakes | 1,052 (2011) | 22.2km |
A former U occurrence/mine located in the NE¼ sec. 17, T16N, R16W NMM. Discovered in 1959 by the Phillips Petroleum Company. Owned & operated by the United Nuclear Corporation. Operated during the period 1960 to 1981.
Mineralization is hosted in the Late Jurassic Dakota Sandstone and the Morrison formation. The ore body is tabular in form. The deposit occurs at the contact between the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone and the Westwater Canyon and Brushy Basin members of the Morrison formation. The deposit contains fracture-controlled, redistributed ore associated with organic debris at the contact. Local rocks include the Mancos Shale, lower part.
Workings include underground openings comprised of two 862 foot shafts and modified room and pillar workings.
Production statistics: Year: 1970 (period: 1960 to 1970) (accurate): ^0.18% U308. Recovery percentage: U3O8 ore: U 0 weight percent. Production totaled 77,965 tons of ore.
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Hilpert, Lowell S. (1969), Uranium Resources of northwestern New Mexico, USGS Professional Paper 603, 166 pp.: 44.
Holmquist, R. J. (1970), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission RME-172: 14.
Perkins, B. L. (1979), An Overview of the New Mexico Uranium Industry, New Mexico Energy and Minerals Department Report.
McLemore, Virginia T. (1983), New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Open File Report OFR-183: Appendix 1.
USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10014530.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Availability System (MAS) file ID #0350310017.
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, General files data.
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10014530 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Baca BasinBasin
- Great Plains DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona & Utah
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
- Colorado Plateau
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
- Colorado PlateauPlateau
- ⭔Navajo Nation Indian ReservationReservation
- New Mexico
- Grants Mining DistrictMining District
- McKinley County
- Church Rock Mining Sub-district (Gallup Mining District; Church Rock area)Mining Sub-district
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