Atlas-Bonanza

Producer in Mesa county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142625
MAS/MILS ID 0080770227
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas-Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.97238, 38.68249 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gateway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mesa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051 N 019 W 15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Modern alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rajah Ventures, Ltd
    ID 500909
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THIS PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY LISTED WITH M.I.D. NO.=0502942

  • Deposit

    MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF OWN/ RAJAH VENTURES LTD

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 3/1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Mils/Rdm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/20/1982
MSHA mine ID0500909
Mine name (MSHA)Lost Dutchman
Current operatorRajah Ventures Ltd
Current controller (parent)Swerdfeger R M
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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