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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Vanadium Prospect + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Lone Star + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Eastside Mines + 6 more nearby (Past Producer)Salt Canyon No 2 (Past Producer)Kerr-Mcgee Uranium Mine (Past Producer)Rocky Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Meadows Mine #4 (Producer)Joe Ben Group (Past Producer)Bee Sho Shee Mine (Past Producer)Chuska Mountain (Prospect)Victory Exploration (Past Producer)Rocky Flats + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Carrizo No. 1 + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Tent Mine + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Alongo Prospect + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)H B Roy No 2 (Past Producer)Enos Johnson + 9 more nearby (Past Producer)Chuska Mountains Deposit (Occurrence)Red Rocks (Past Producer)B B + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Sanostee Prospect (Producer)Sanostee Deposit (Occurrence)Dodge Brothers (Past Producer)Toadlena Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Geothermal Spring (Occurrence)Geothermal Spring (Occurrence)Nelson Pt and Shady Side + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Sulphur Spring (Occurrence)Quarry (Unknown)Unnamed Prospect + 2 more nearby (Producer)Geothermal Spring (Occurrence)Unnamed Mine (Unknown)Shiprock Group (Occurrence)Hogback Claims (Past Producer)Boyd Claims + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Chilton Prospect (Occurrence)Kimbeto T P + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
37 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 2 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Sanostee Deposit

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 of the minerals on our cards and 1 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 2 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as occurrence for Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium. Minerals mentioned: Magnetite. Approx. location 36.452, -108.891. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

40
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

19
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

12
Unknown

Status not recorded.

6
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

1
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Anatase 1Ilmenite 1Magnetite 1Monazite 1Zircon 1Psilomelane 1Pyrolusite 1Wad 1Brookite 1

Commodities

Uranium 68Vanadium 16Geothermal 4Iron 3Thorium 3Titanium 2Metal 2Zirconium 2Niobium (Columbium) 2Tellurium 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Shiprock GroupTitanium, Metal, IronAnatase, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, ZirconOccurrence36.903, -108.501
Sanostee DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, Iron, ThoriumBrookiteOccurrence36.452, -108.891
Chuska Mountains DepositManganesePsilomelane, Pyrolusite, WadOccurrence36.103, -109.001
Toadlena DepositTellurium, Iron—Occurrence36.217, -108.867
Boyd ClaimsUranium—Occurrence36.847, -108.402
Eastside MinesVanadium—Past Producer36.708, -109.026
Enos JohnsonUranium—Past Producer36.414, -109.003
Joe Ben GroupUranium—Past Producer36.410, -109.027
Kimbeto T PUranium—Occurrence36.193, -107.870
Kee ToheUranium—Unknown36.409, -109.016
Lone StarUranium—Past Producer36.770, -109.018
Tent MineVanadium, Uranium—Past Producer36.709, -109.015
Rowland YoungUranium—Past Producer36.683, -109.051
Vanadium ProspectUranium, Vanadium—Past Producer36.824, -109.038
Chilton ProspectUranium—Occurrence36.963, -107.893
Geothermal SpringGeothermal—Occurrence36.274, -108.802
Unnamed Uranium DepositUranium—Occurrence36.770, -109.018
Unnamed MineUranium—Unknown36.537, -108.665
David KeeUranium—Unknown36.409, -109.016
Dodge BrothersUranium—Past Producer36.254, -108.897
Oak Springs Plot 7Uranium, Vanadium—Past Producer36.725, -109.030
Rocky FlatsUranium—Past Producer36.815, -109.016
H B Roy No 2Uranium—Past Producer36.562, -109.014
Hoskey BartonUranium—Past Producer36.806, -109.005
Beclavite DomeUranium, Vanadium—Past Producer36.824, -109.038
Sanostee ProspectNiobium (Columbium)—Producer36.458, -108.913
Rocky MineUranium—Past Producer36.506, -109.026
Nelson Pt and Shady SideUranium—Past Producer36.785, -108.683
Corey #1Vanadium, Uranium—Past Producer36.699, -109.011
Eastside MineUranium—Past Producer36.717, -109.017
Salt Canyon No 2Uranium—Past Producer36.683, -109.042
Dennet NezzUranium—Past Producer36.401, -109.016
John Joe No 1Uranium—Unknown36.409, -109.016
Alongo ProspectUranium, Vanadium—Past Producer36.689, -109.008
Castle T'SosieUranium—Unknown36.401, -109.016
Geothermal SpringGeothermal—Occurrence36.378, -108.749
Alfred Talk ProspectUranium—Unknown36.391, -109.016
Chuska Mountain——Prospect36.091, -109.045
A.L.Cook ProspectUranium—Unknown36.775, -108.701
Sulphur SpringGeothermal—Occurrence36.651, -108.720

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 616 fossil collection records in San Juan County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

McKinley County · Cibola County · Sandoval County · Valencia County · Rio Arriba County

New Mexico mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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