Dysart No. 2 Mine

The Dysart No. 2 Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,116 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dysart No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Mines: Section 11 Seq
Secondary: Dysart
Secondary: Dysart No. 2 Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

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: United Nuclear-Homestake Partners
Home Office: P.O. Box 98, Grants, NM 87020
Years: 1983 -

Owner Name: Cobb Resources Corp.
Home Office: 313 Washington Se, Albuquerque, N.M. 87108
Years: 1983 -

Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: 1959 To 1962
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.1970 Percent U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Year Last Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1956
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

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

Not available

Comments

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

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 237,602 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Development): COBB RESOURCES CORP. IS PRESENTLY LEASING THE DYSART NO.2 SHAFT FOR USE AS A VENTILATION SHAFT FOR THEIR SECTION 12 MINE.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A LARGE, IRREGULAR-SHAPED, PRIMARY TABULAR URANIUM DEPOSIT.

Comment (Workings): 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.

Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P.59-60

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P.39

Reference (Deposit): NM BOM BUL 87

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