Marquez Canyon Mine

The Marquez Canyon Mine is a uranium mine located in McKinley county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 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: Marquez Canyon Mine
Secondary: Mine: Bokum
Secondary: Marquez
Secondary: Marquez Canyon Deposit
Secondary: Kerr-McGee Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: McKinley
District: Grants Uranium District: Marquez-Bernabe Montano Area

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

Type: State Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Juan Tafoya Grant

Owner Name: Kerr-McGee
Home Office: Grants, NM
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Bokum Resources Corp.
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1974
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: Acoma Sag And The Puerco Fault Belt

Type: L
Description: Two High-Angle Normal Faults, Fractures And Two Major Joint Systems

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

Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Location): Ground disturbances and reclamation visible on satellite imagery as of Oct. 2011, but unlabled and not shown on USGS topo maps about 1 mi. west of Marquez and south of Canon de Marquez.

Comment (Workings): A SHAFT HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO 1,835 FEET. THE PROJECTED TOTAL DEPTH FOR THE SHAFT IS 2,100 FEET.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN THREE ZONES IN PALEOCHANNEL SANDSTONES ASSOCIATED WITH HUMATES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

Comment (Location): Section, township, range, not shown on USGS topo map Marquez.

Comment (Location): Second set of workings (former USGS MRDS D011597) at 35-19-26, -107-19-57, or about 31.5 mi. N67E of Grants, NM.

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

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM THE MAP BY CHAPMAN, WOOD AND GRISWOLD (1979). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974

References

Reference (Deposit): NMSMIR 1976

Reference (Deposit): STATE MINE INSPECTOR, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES, 1978

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HATCHELL, B. AND C. WENTZ., 1981, "URANIUM RESOURCES ADN TECHNOLOGY-A REVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY, 1980," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, B.L., 1979, "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY," NM ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT

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

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, B.A., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 252-261

Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, WOOD AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF GRANTS URAN REGION: NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-31.

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