| Deposit ID | 10167700 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC05430 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0081130331 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Veta Mad Mine |
| Related records | 10108404 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.90378, 38.0542 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1748 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Horse Range Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nucla(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
OTHFE(Federal land areas administered by OTHFE)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 044 N | 018 W | 19 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.90378, 38.0542 |
|---|
| Strike | S50E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 03E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Year of first production | 1935 |
| District name | Uravan |
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081130331 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC05430 | MAS references MRDS |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE LAST KNOWN OPERATOR WAS IN 1956 WHEN GAYNO MINING CO. WO THIS MINE UNDER AN AEC MINING LEASE THE VETA MAD MINE IS IN THE SLICK ROCK AREA OF THE URAVAN MI BELT BUREAU OF MINES IC 8015 HAS A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE MINE T |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.