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Marcy 1 , 2 and 3

Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, 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. Alteration
  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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107352
MRDS ID W027495
Record type Site
Current site name Marcy 1 , 2 and 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.75431, 37.78333 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Relative position 2.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOOSEBERRY GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Canyon(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 020E 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result 5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE - 1.820 % U3O8 , 0.026 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.75431, 37.78333
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 72 DEG W
    Dip 3 DEG NE
    Thickness 5.18M
    Length 1066.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Paleochannel

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1967

Mining district

District name Elk Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Black, Doug Davis

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.30 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1965
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.24 % U3o8 On 7399 Tons Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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