| Deposit ID | 10014459 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011244 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dysart No. 1 Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mines: Rio De Oro, Section 11 |
| Included sites | Dysart |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.87284, 35.45422 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2167 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 21.2 MILES N 4 W OF GRANTS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
McKinley(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ambrosia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | McKinley |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 010W | 11 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Morrison | ||||
| Rock description | Morrison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.87284, 35.45422 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Chaco Slope-Ambrosia Lake Dome |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ambrosia Lake Dome And One Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
| Dip | 5 TO 10 |
| Depth to top | 97.54M |
| Depth to bottom | 112.78M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Discoverer | Santa Fe Railroad |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| Year of last production | 1962 |
| District name | Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Nuclear-Homestake Partners |
| Home office | P.O. Box 98, Grants, NM 87020 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Santa Fe Railroad Co. |
| Year | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1956 To 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.21 Percent U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 120.7M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011244 |
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39
HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.57-58
ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148, MCKINLEY COUNTY
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
NM BOM BUL 87
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS AS A CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS CONTROLLED BY BEDDING STRUCTURES AND ONE LINEAR ORE BODY CONTROLLED BY A FAULT. |
| General | Deleted duplicate Dysart overview record 10174489 (old MRDS D011245 and MAS 0350310033) in favor of more specific infomration about Dysart No. 1 and No. 2 Mines. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-84 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Editor | 28-OCT-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | Deleted dupllicate vague overview Dysart record 10174489. |
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