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Markey Mine

Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089644
MRDS ID W027812
Record type Site
Current site name Markey Mine
Related records 10130500

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.30071, 37.54944 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 4.55 MILES SE FROM THE CHOCOLATE DROP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chocolate Drop(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 015E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SEC 30 , (UNSURVEYED)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antlerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.30071, 37.54944
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Fill, Carbonized Plant Remains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Red Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Calvin Black Enterprises

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT INVESTIGATED. UGMS STUDY 1973 LISTS U .2 %, 500 TONS MEASURED, 5000 TONS INDICATED 25000 TONS INFERRED

Comments on the workings information

  • NOT INVESTIGATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE AND OTHERS, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF URANIUM AND THORIUM, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, USGS PROF. PAPER 300 , P. 281 - 28

  • Production

    UGMS INVESTIGATION 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    HAROLD JONES, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE - SIGN "GOVERNMENT AGENTS AND INSPECTORS KEEP OUT" DEPOSIT AND WORKINGS NOT INVESTIGATED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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