| Deposit ID | 10215452 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC04632 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850449 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shamrock Group |
| Related records | 10091416 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.76758, 38.38279 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1676 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montrose(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Miguel(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montrose |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 048 N | 017 W | 29 | S2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.76758, 38.38279 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 199M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080850449 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC04632 | MAS references MRDS |
OWN:U.S. VANADIUM CO. REF:CRIB,DC04617
REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 1959 RPT. OP:LARK WASHBURN,1959
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3355 AND URANIUM CE EVALUATION QUESTIONAIRE. THE GROUP IS LOCATED IN THE PARA MINING DISTRICT. OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 FROM 1954-1955 THE MINE PRODUCED 200 TONS PER YEAR IN AN AVE 315 DAYS OF PRODUCTION PER YEAR. FROM 1956 TO 1970 THE MINE D AN AVERAGE OF 120 TONS OF ORE PER MONTH IN AN AVERAGE OF 2 OF PRODUCTION PER YEAR. AT THIS TIME THE AVERAGE GRADE OF UR WAS .15% AND OF VANADIUM WAS 1.3%. PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1954 TO 1970 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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