Mine detail: Marcy 1 , 2 and 3

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

37.78333, -109.75431

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1967

Geology

Host rock:	Mudstone Unit Of Chinle Formation;Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone

References

MRDS	W027495
DEP	10107352
Reference	{Deposit:: LEWIS, R. Q., AND CAMPBELL, R. H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ELK RIDGE AND VICINITY, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, USGS P. P. 474 - B.}{Deposit:: LAVERTY, R.A., AND GROSS, E.B., 1956, PARAGENETIC STUDIES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, USGS BULL. 300, P. 195-201.}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.