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Hot Rocks Mine

Prospect 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264322
MAS/MILS ID 0080850243
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Rocks Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.97758, 38.26559 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradox(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(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 046 N 019 W 04 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) -108.97758, 38.26559
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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 Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:DC03654;MAS FILE;BLM SUR MNGT QUAD

  • Deposit

    OWN:BRITISH WEST AMERICA URANIUM CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA DOCKET NO. 3709. DATE OF REPORT IS THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 4, 5, 8, 9, 16 AND 17, T. 46 N., R. N.M.P.M., LA SAL CREEK MINING DISTRICT, AND ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MAPS, PARADOX AND ANDERSON MESA. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY BRITISH-WESTERN AMERICA CORP. HAD PRODUCED NO ORE. ACCORDING TO A RECENT AEC LISTING CLAIM CONTROLLER IS KARL MEYER. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT LOCATION AND CLAIM MAPS. AN ORE DEPOT IS 58 MILES DISTANT IN UTAH. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE 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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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