Dog Group Mines

The Dog Group Mines is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,021 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dog Group Mines
Secondary: Mine: Dog Incline
Secondary: Flea Incline
Secondary: B-6 Group
Secondary: Section 20
Secondary: Claims: Dog No. 11-15, 7, 10

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: M And M Mining Co.
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1980 -

Owner Name: Four Corners Exploration, Inc.
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1980 -

Production

Year: 1980
Time Period: 1957 To 1980
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.19 Percent U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1980
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: San Mateo Fault

Type: L
Description: A Fracture System Trending N 10-15 W

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Ilsemannite

Comments

Comment (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.

Comment (Workings): 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.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE DOG SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 244,177 TONS OF ORE.

References

Reference (Deposit): RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 126-129

Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 40

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

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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