Marvin Tunnel

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078753
MRDS ID W027364
Record type Site
Current site name Marvin Tunnel
Related records 10227953

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.48625, 37.81833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2701
Relative position 2.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABAJO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abajo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 022E 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SECTION 15 UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.48625, 37.81833

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Discoverer Marvin C. Lyman

Mining district

District name Abajo Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marvin C. Lyman

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO SIGNIFICANT RESERVES ARE PRESENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT, THE PORTAL OF WHICH IS PARTIALLY CAVED AND ISSUING WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 453

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON WHITKIND, I. J., GEOLOGY OF ABAJO MOUNTAIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE IN SEDIMENTARY STRATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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