Rae Marie

Unknown 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158894
MAS/MILS ID 0080770175
Record type Site
Current site name Rae Marie
Alternate or previous names Rae Marie No. 3, Rae Marie No 3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.05819, 38.74888 (WGS84)
Elevation 1972

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolores Point North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(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)

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 Mesa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015 N 104 W 18 E2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.05819, 38.74888

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 53M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Minimum Depth to Top 45
    Date of Last Modification 800201

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shiprock Ltd.
    ID 501804
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: BOX 462, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 MINE LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF GATEWAY PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE FROM 1967 TO 1972 IN BACKUP FILE THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES REPORTED IN 1972: ASSAY- .20% U308 AND 1.0% V205 DEPOSIT- AVERAGE OF 3 FT. THICK GROUND SUPPORT- SQUARE SETS, PILLARS, POST AND CAP OPERATOR- LEECO GAS AND OIL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 5-79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.