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La Sal Group

Past Producer in Mesa 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288194
MAS/MILS ID 0080770117
Record type Site
Current site name La Sal Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.03789, 38.64329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolores Point North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Mesa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051 N 020 W 36 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.03789, 38.64329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 129.6M
    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
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 122
    Date of Last Modification 800130

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shipman Mining And Exploration Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE NAME OF THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP FOR THE AREA IS MT WAAS 4 N OPERATOR ADDRESS: SHIPMAN MINING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY BOX 861 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2128. THE IS LOCATED IN THE BEAVER CREEK MINING DISTRICT. INCLUDED IN DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGY MAPS. AT THE TI THE 1952 DMEA REPORT THE CLAIMS HAD BEEN PRODUCING 811 TONS AVERAGING .48% U308 AND 2.03% V205 IN A 15 MONTH PERIOD. A E TION PROGRAM WAS APPROVED IN THE DMEA REPORT. REPORT, THREE MINES ON THE CLAIM PROPERTY HAD PRODUCED 33510 V205 AND 7748 LBS. U308. THE NEAREST ORE DEPOT WAS THEN LOCA GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., ABOUT 75 MILES DISTANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS 5-79

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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