Dog Group Mines

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014547
MRDS ID D011369
Record type Site
Current site name Dog Group Mines
Alternate or previous names Mine: Dog Incline, Flea Incline, B-6 Group, Section 20, Claims: Dog No. 11-15, 7, 10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.81312, 35.34172 (WGS84)
Elevation 2140
Relative position ABOUT 13.20 MILES N 9 E 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

Dos Lomas(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 009W 20 SW OF SW OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE DOG SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Ilsemannite 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) -107.81312, 35.34172

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Mateo Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fracture System Trending N 10-15 W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 25.91M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Fracture System Trending N 10-15 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE BRUSHY BASIN 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 Four Corners Exploration
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1980

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Four Corners Exploration, Inc.
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner M And M Mining Co.
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Period 1957 To 1980
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.19 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 244,177 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS AND MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS. THE DOG SHAFT IS A 300-FT 30-DEGREE DECLINE SHAFT AND THE FLEA SHAFT IS 380-FT WITH A 30-DEGREE DECLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 126-129

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 40

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN AN IRREGULAR CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS. THE DEPOSITS ARE LARGELY OXIDIZED REDISTRIBUTED ORE ALONG FRACTURES TRENDING N 10 TO 15 W.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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