Too High Mine

Past Producer in Montrose 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264145
MRDS ID DC04135
MAS/MILS ID 0080850495
Record type Site
Current site name Too High Mine
Related records 10017729

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -109.01958, 38.28169 (WGS84)
Elevation 2111
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ray Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(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 020 W 36 E2SE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -109.01958, 38.28169

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 02E
    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 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip :02E
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Geo-Industries
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB,DC04135;MAS FILE REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 196

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS PROF PAPER #508 GRADE:2.23% V205,0.34% U30

  • Deposit

    OP:CARL WEAVER,1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNER: GEO INDUSTRIES,INC. P.O. BOX 817 GRAND JUNCTION,COLORADO 81501 THE MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT ABOUT 350FT LONG BY WIDE. THE AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE WAS 2.23% V205 AND 0.34% U308

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.