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Marquez Canyon Deposit

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014710
MRDS ID D011598
MAS/MILS ID 0350310342
Record type Site
Current site name Marquez Canyon Deposit
Alternate or previous names Marquez Canyon Mine, Mine: Bokum, Marquez, Kerr-McGee Deposit
Related records 10248003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.32311, 35.32006 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 32.0 MILES N67E OF GRANTS, NM. Second set of workings 31.5mi N67E of Grants, NM at 35-19-26, -107-19-57.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marquez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 005W 25: 36: 26 SW: NW of NW: C New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM THE MAP BY CHAPMAN, WOOD AND GRISWOLD (1979). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
  • Second set of workings (former USGS MRDS D011597) at 35-19-26, -107-19-57, or about 31.5 mi. N67E of Grants, NM.
  • 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.
  • Section, township, range, not shown on USGS topo map Marquez.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison
    Rock description Morrison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.32311, 35.32006
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two High-Angle Normal Faults, Fractures And Two Major Joint Systems
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Acoma Sag And The Puerco Fault Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 46.94M
    Length 600.46M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Controlled By Sedimentary Features And Chemical Conditions

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE WESTWATER CANYON MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1974
Discoverer Bokum Resources Corp., Santa Fe, Nm

Mining district

District name Grants Uranium District: Marquez-Bernabe Montano Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kerr-McGee
    Home office Grants, NM
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bokum Resources Corp.
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Juan Tafoya Grant

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT HAS BEEN COMPLETED TO 1,835 FEET. THE PROJECTED TOTAL DEPTH FOR THE SHAFT IS 2,100 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, B.A., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 252-261

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STATE MINE INSPECTOR, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES, 1978

  • Deposit

    NMSMIR 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN THREE ZONES IN PALEOCHANNEL SANDSTONES ASSOCIATED WITH HUMATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources both original MRDS records D011598 and D011579.
Editor 31-OCT-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records 10248003 and 10014709.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources MAS 0350310342 = 10248003

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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