Mesa No. 5

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. 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 10191275
MAS/MILS ID 0080770010
Record type Site
Current site name Mesa No. 5
Alternate or previous names Mesa No.5 C-G-27

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.71178, 38.77779 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snyder Flats(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 050 N 018 W 12 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) -108.71178, 38.77779

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 23M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    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 15.3
    Date of Last Modification 800229

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Foster And Sons
    ID 501117
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide
    ID 501117
    Year 1974

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: 2950 A 1/2 ROAD, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1953 TO 1959AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE THERE IS NO MAP OF SCALE LESS THAN 1:250000 WHICH COVERS ARE THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES REPORTED IN 1973- ASSAY VALUES- .20% U308 AND 1.0% V205 DEPOSIT- THICKNESS RANGES BETWEEN 1 AND 3 FT. GROUND SUPPORT- GOOD GROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1974 USBM PROD TAB WASH.

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 6-79 RE: CDM ANNUAL SUM MIN ACTIV IN COLO 1977

  • Deposit

    AND MSHA LIST

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/26/1982
MSHA mine ID0501117
Mine name (MSHA)Mesa No 5 Cg-27
Current operatorRalph Foster & Sons
Current controller (parent)Foster Ralph
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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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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