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Mesa Top Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014545
MRDS ID D011367
Record type Site
Current site name Mesa Top Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Mesa Top No.5, Mesa Top No.18 and 20, Mesa Top No.7, Moe, Davenport
Related records 10272195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.81729, 35.34172 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position ABOUT 12.8 MILES N 9 E OF GRANTS, NM
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 009W 20 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MESA TOP SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Ilsemannite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison
    Rock description Morrison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.81729, 35.34172
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Mateo Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Holly Uranium Corp., Grants, Nm
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1954
Year of last production 1968

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. P. Moe Mining Co., Ltd.
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1968

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1954 To 1968
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.24 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 108,261 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF OPEN STOPES AND RANDOM PILLARS WITH A 200-FT 45-DEGREE DECLINE SHAFT. THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D011367

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 126-129

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN IRREGULAR, TABULAR DEPOSITS CONSISTING OF OXIDIZED, REDISTRIBUTED MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources