| Deposit ID | 10118054 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850516 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Valley View Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.00258, 38.42809 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2294 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montrose(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buckeye Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montrose |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 048 N | 019 W | 07 | NWNESE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -109.00258, 38.42809 |
|---|
| Strike | N50W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 77E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. E. Lewis Inc |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080850516 |
REF:CRIB,DC04308;COLO BU OF MINES 1966 SUMMARY
OP:WILLIAM HICKEY,1966
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 7 ADITS 3OF WHICH LIE NORTHEAST OF A ZONE IN AN UNDISTURBED,ALMOST FLAT LYING SANDSTONE. THE OTHE DRIFTS BEAR N50W PARALLELING THE STRIKE OF UPTURNED BEDS AND FAULT. IN THE UPTURNED BEDS,ORE HAS BEEN MINED FROM 4 DIFFER LEVELS WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY WINZES AND RAISES. THE ORE PRO AVERAGED 1.34% V205 AND 0.38% U308 THE KEY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS FORM WAS US PAPER 508 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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