Marquez Mine

The Marquez Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 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

Name: Marquez Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  McKinley

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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