Helen Site

Past Producer in San Miguel 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265134
MAS/MILS ID 0081130580
Record type Site
Current site name Helen Site
Alternate or previous names Helen #1 Ml-20, Helen #3, Helen Incline, Helen #3 Ml-20

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.93628, 38.0553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1909
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Range Mesa(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

OTHFE(Federal land areas administered by OTHFE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.93628, 38.0553

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner San Juan Leasing Co.
    Year 1975
    First year 1955
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Church Ray K
    ID 0570119
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPOSITORY, DOCUMENTS, NOS. 403904 & 404062.

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF, 1995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY COULD BE MSHA.DBF, 1995, #0570119. HOWEVER A DIFFERENT COMPANY NAME IS LISTED. (SEE OWNERSHIP TABLE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-APR-1995 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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