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AEC Lease Tract C-G-27

Past Producer in Mesa county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191373
MAS/MILS ID 0080770005
Record type Site
Current site name AEC Lease Tract C-G-27

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.75788, 38.60389 (WGS84)
Elevation 1891

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calamity Mesa(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)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mesa

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) -108.75788, 38.60389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Herbert W Foster
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS TO MILS PRINT OUT OWN/ MORRISON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RESERVE ESTIMATE IS THE ROYALTY BID QUANTITY AMOUNT ESTA BY THE AEC FOR EACH LEASE TRACT. THIS ROYALTY BID QUANTITY BASED ON AEC ESTIMATING PROCEDURES AND INCLUDES AEC ESTIMA RESERVES PLUS 0-50% OF THE POTENTIAL ORE TONNAGES FOR THE TRACT. TRACT LOCATED IN SECS 7, 12, 13, AND 18, T 50N, R 17 + 18 W PAST PRODUCTION ON TRACT OF 419303 DRY TONS OF 0.28% U OX. GOVERNMENT DRILLING INDICATES MINERALIZATION, AVAILABLE FROM TRACT BORDERED BY MINERAL CHANNEL, BLACK DIAMOND, CROWSNEST

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.

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