The Marquez Grant Prospect is a uranium mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 35.30694, -107.28472
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Marquez Grant Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marquez Grant Prospect
Secondary: Prospect: Bokum Resources
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Laguna District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bokum Resources
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1974
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
Not available
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: Uraninite
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MAP BY CHAPMAN, WOOD & GRISWOLD, INC. (1979). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1, P. 1-427
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS AT 2100 FT AT THE MARQUEZ. DRILL HOLE DATA SHOW THE MINERALIZATION IS PRIMARY TABULAR ORE AND OCCURS IN MULTIPLE HORIZONS. IT APPEARS TO BE RESTRICTED TO MEANDERING CHANNELS. (MCLEMORE, P. 48)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF DRILL HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD & GRISWOLD, INC., 1979, NMBMMR GM-31, SHEET 3
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, M.W., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 70-74
Reference (Deposit): HATCHELL, W.O., AND C. WENTZ, 1981, "URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY--A REVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY 1980", NEW MEXICO ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT, 226 P.
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 48, APPENDIX 1
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