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Dysart No. 2 Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014460
MRDS ID D011245
Record type Site
Current site name Dysart No. 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mines: Section 11 Seq
Included sites Dysart
Related records 10174489

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.86034, 35.45449 (WGS84)
Elevation 2169
Relative position ABOUT 21.2 MILES N 4 W OF GRANTS, NM. Coordinates are for Dysart No. 2 Shaft.

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 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE DYSART NO.2 SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

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

Main Entrance (1) -107.86034, 35.45449
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 1.83M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 146.3M
    Depth to bottom 148.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Channel Deposits

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Kermac Nuclear Fuels Corp.
Year of first production 1959
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 Cobb Resources Corp.
    Home office 313 Washington Se, Albuquerque, N.M. 87108
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner United Nuclear-Homestake Partners
    Home office P.O. Box 98, Grants, NM 87020
    First year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1959 To 1962
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.1970 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 237,602 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 550-FOOT, 12-FOOT CIRCULAR CONCRETE SHAFT WITH ONE WORKING LEVEL AT 490 FEET. THERE ARE ALSO TWO SMALL VENTILATION SHAFTS PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • COBB RESOURCES CORP. IS PRESENTLY LEASING THE DYSART NO.2 SHAFT FOR USE AS A VENTILATION SHAFT FOR THEIR SECTION 12 MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.59-60

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NM BOM BUL 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A LARGE, IRREGULAR-SHAPED, PRIMARY TABULAR URANIUM DEPOSIT.

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 duplicate "Dysart" record D011245=0350310033 wihich appears to include both Dysart Nos. 1 and 2 with no specific information for either. But note that the smae old MRDS # was used for both records.

Beyond USGS

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