The Marquez Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.34306, -107.75833
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Marquez Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marquez Mine
Secondary: Mine: Calumet
Secondary: Marcus
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Ambrosia Lake Subdistrict
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bokum Mining and Exploration
Home Office: NM
Info Year: 1979
Owner Name: United Nuclear Corp.
Home Office: Gallup, Nm.
Years: 1983 -
Production
Year: 1966
Time Period: 1958 To 1966
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1958
Year Last Production: 1966
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Mateo Fault
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
Analytical Data: MO -0.0015 TO 0.7 PERCENT (GRANGER, H., 1961)
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS SHOWN ON THE DOS LOMAS QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED 723,032 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF LARGE AND MEDIUM ELONGATE DEPOSITS THAT TREND SOUTHEASTWARD AND EASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SECTION. THE ORE IS LOCATED BENEATH A DISCONFORMITY AND GENERALLY IS LOCATED WITH CARBONACEOUS TRASH AND WHERE THE SANDSTONE THICKNESS EXCEEDS 40 FEET.
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 1875-FT 10-DEGREE INCLINE SHAFT WITH MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE POISON CANYON SANDSTONE OF THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC BME-172, P. 44
Reference (Deposit): HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 34
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148,
Reference (Deposit): WEEGE, R.J., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 117-121
Reference (Deposit): RAPAPORT, I., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 122-135
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, G.C., 1963, NMBMMR MEM 15, P. 256-264
Reference (Deposit): FILE, 1965, NMBM CIRC 77
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H., ET AL., 1961, ECON. GEOL., V. 56, NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MAP FILES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31, 1979
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MINES FILE
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MINES FILE
Reference (Deposit): USGS 7 1/2 MIN TOPO
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