The Dysart No. 1 Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,110 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,110 Feet (2,167 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 35.45417, -107.87222
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Dysart No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dysart No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Mines: Rio De Oro
Secondary: Section 11
Secondary: Dysart
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Santa Fe Railroad Co.
Owner Name: United Nuclear-Homestake Partners
Home Office: P.O. Box 98, Grants, NM 87020
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: 1956 To 1962
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.21 Percent U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Chaco Slope-Ambrosia Lake Dome
Type: L
Description: Ambrosia Lake Dome And One Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS AS A CLUSTER OF DEPOSITS CONTROLLED BY BEDDING STRUCTURES AND ONE LINEAR ORE BODY CONTROLLED BY A FAULT.
Comment (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.
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS FROM 891,922 TONS OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148, MCKINLEY COUNTY
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.57-58
Reference (Deposit): NM BOM BUL 87
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