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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock l\cwa Staff Writer
Marline Uranium Corporation will not be sending any prospectors with geiger counters to Rappahannock County, according to Mark Fptzer, attorney and lease negotiator for the company which is currently working on mineral leases in the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District.
“Our area of interest doesn’t lie within Rappahannock County,” said Fetzer in a telephone interview on Tuesday. He acknowledged, however, that the company has found preliminary indications of uranium deposits in Madison, Orange, Fauquier and Culpeper Counties. Reportedly, 15 year leases for mineral rights have been signed to date on almost 4,000 acres in those jurisdictions.
The mineral deposits are the result of a 200 million year old triassic basin, part of an old inland sea, according to Fetzer. “We have preliminary indications of mineralization (in lower, surrounding areas) and it may be possible to find uranium,” he added.
As a result of Marline’s interest in the Piedmont region, local governments are scurrying to review zoning ordinances in light of controls on mining. In addition, the Warrenton-based Piedmont Environmental Council is initiating a public education and information program on the potential health and environmental effects of uranium mining.
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