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Biles Shaft

Occurrence in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodity Vanadium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016157
MRDS ID DC00503
Record type Site
Current site name Biles Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.6618, 40.27329 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skull Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rangely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower White(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04N 100W 31 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.6618, 40.27329
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: .11 E U3O8, 1.09 V2O5 .06 U3O8

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RME-94, 1/57,22P.

  • Deposit

    FINCH PUNCH CARDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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