Marquez Grant Prospect

Occurrence in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094689
MRDS ID D011259
Record type Site
Current site name Marquez Grant Prospect
Alternate or previous names Prospect: Bokum Resources

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.28533, 35.307 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 42.4 MILES DUE WEST OF BERNALILLO, NM., Within A Radius Of 1000 Ft., Within A Radius Of 1000 Ft., Within A Radius Of 1000 Ft., Within A Radius Of 1000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(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 Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 004W 32 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM MAP BY CHAPMAN, WOOD & GRISWOLD, INC. (1979). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

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) -107.28533, 35.307

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 640.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shale Breaks, High Permeability And The Recurrence Of Meandering Streams

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1974
Discoverer Devilliers Nuclear Corp., Grants, Nm

Mining district

District name Laguna District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bokum Resources
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1, P. 1-427

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, P. 48, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    HATCHELL, W.O., AND C. WENTZ, 1981, "URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY--A REVIEW OF THE NEW MEXICO URANIUM INDUSTRY 1980", NEW MEXICO ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT. REPORT, 226 P.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, M.W., 1980, NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 70-74

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    CHAPMAN, WOOD & GRISWOLD, INC., 1979, NMBMMR GM-31, SHEET 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS AT 2100 FT AT THE MARQUEZ. DRILL HOLE DATA SHOW THE MINERALIZATION IS PRIMARY TABULAR ORE AND OCCURS IN MULTIPLE HORIZONS. IT APPEARS TO BE RESTRICTED TO MEANDERING CHANNELS. (MCLEMORE, P. 48)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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