Mary No.1 Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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. 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 10087962
MRDS ID D011243
Record type Site
Current site name Mary No.1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Dysart No.3, Section 11 Nwq
Related records 10248338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.87229, 35.46255 (WGS84)
Elevation 2167
Relative position ABOUT 21.6 MILES N 4 W FROM 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 NW 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

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) -107.87229, 35.46255

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Chaco Slope-Ambrosia Lake Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Large Fracture System

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 6.4M
    Depth to bottom 192.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture-Controlled

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT 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 1955
Discoverer Santa Fe Railroad
Year of first production 1959
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner United Nuclear-Homestake Partners
    Home office P.O. Box 98, Grants, NM 87020
    First year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period 1959 To 1965
    Material ORE U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.11 Percent U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED 357,262 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 192.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 630-FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT. AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • MCLEMORE (1983, APPENDIX 1) REPORTS THAT HOMESTAKE WAS USING THE SHAFT FOR VENTILATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-12, P.55-56

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE LARGE DEPOSITS IN SEVERAL HORIZONS THAT ARE LARGELY FRACTURE CONTROLLED. THE ORE IS CLASSED AS REDISTRIBUTED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references