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Blackfoot Mine

Past Producer in Montrose 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239333
MRDS ID D002279
MAS/MILS ID 0080850106
Record type Site
Current site name Blackfoot Mine
Related records 10009339

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.72347, 38.35079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Uravan(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047 N 017 W 03 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) -108.72347, 38.35079
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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 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 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 1961 RPT.; MAS FILE

  • Deposit

    OWN:URANIUM DEVELOPMENT CORP. OP:JOE BALDWIN & LEO FAGAN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2618. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1952, THE CLAIMSWHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE VI MINING DISTRICT AND WERE CONTROLLED BY THE URANIUM DEVELOPME OF DENVER HAD PRODUCED 258 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING .44% U308 A 1.63% V205. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15, R.17W, N.M.P.M. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MAPS. BASED ON EXTENSIVE EXPOSURES OF MINERALIZED ROCK, THE REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION BE GRANT

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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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