Butterfly

Past Producer in Rio Blanco 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143072
MRDS ID D009669
MAS/MILS ID 0081030004
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfly
Related records 10013399

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.67066, 40.12857 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Blanco(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thornburgh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Meeker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Rio Blanco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.67066, 40.12857

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO DIV OF MINES- SUMMARY OF MINERAL INDUSTRY 1970

  • Deposit

    OWN: LEE RATNER MINING CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.