Dysart No. 1 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -107.87284, 35.45422 (WGS84)
Elevation 2167
Relative position ABOUT 21.2 MILES N 4 W OF GRANTS, NM

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014N 010W 11 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite 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) -107.87284, 35.45422

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Chaco Slope-Ambrosia Lake Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ambrosia Lake Dome And One Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 5 TO 10
    Depth to top 97.54M
    Depth to bottom 112.78M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes And A Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION. THIS WAS THE FIRST MINE TO PRODUCE FROM THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER IN THE GRANTS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Nuclear-Homestake Partners
    Home office P.O. Box 98, Grants, NM 87020
  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Railroad Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1956 To 1962
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.21 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS FROM 891,922 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 120.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR OPERATION WITH A 396-FOOT 3-COMPARTMENT SHAFT. THERE IS ALSO AN AIR RAISE TO THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.57-58

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148, MCKINLEY COUNTY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    NM BOM BUL 87

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references