Dolores Uranium

Prospect in San Miguel 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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215955
MAS/MILS ID 0081130083
Record type Site
Current site name Dolores Uranium
Alternate or previous names Northeastern Slick Rock Claims, Monument Valley, Red Canyon, Deer, Valley, Faulte, Cedar Flat, Cont, Bush Creek, and Slick Rock Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.08758, 37.9881 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piute Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043 N 018 W 18 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) Dakota Ss and Cedar Mtn. or Burro Canyon Formations

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M
    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 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3738. DATE OF RE 1955. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTIO THE CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY DOLORES URANIUM COR THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, AND 20, T. 43 N 18 W., SECS. 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 12, T. 43 N., R. 19 W., AND SEC 26, 27, 34, 35, AND 36, T. 44 N., R. 19 W., N.M.P.M., SLICK MINING DISTRICT. MILLS ARE IN NATURITA, URAVAN, COLO., AND M CELL, UTAH, RESPECTIVELY 49, 66, AND 51 MILES DISTANT. INCLU THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. BASE PREVIOUS EXPLORATION, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE F THER EXPLORATION SHOULD BE DENIED.

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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