Rajah 49

Producer in Mesa 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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288219
MAS/MILS ID 0080770184
Record type Site
Current site name Rajah 49
Alternate or previous names Zee Lease #49

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.05649, 38.64189 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256

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 019 W 36 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.05649, 38.64189

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. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 800319

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    ID 501761
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980
  • Type Operator
    Owner C. V. Woodard Co. Or Rajah Ventures
    ID 501761
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Capacity 24.7
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA UPDATING BY MILS 3-80

  • Deposit

    COLO DIV OF MINES ANNUAL SUM OF MINE ACTIV IN COLO 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MAS REPORT ON THE RAJAH 49 WAS COMPLETED FROM AN INTERV WITH THE MINE OPERATOR FRANK WOODARD,PARTNER OF C.V.WOODARD. THAT THE C.V.WOODARD COMPANY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING I TO RAJAH VENTURES. THE RAJAH 49 IS PART OF THE GROUP OF RAJAH PROPERTIES AND IT INTERCONNECTS WITH THE THORTON PROPERTY. THE RAJAH PROPERTIE CONSIST OF THE RAJAH 1,11,23,24,27,28,29,30,61,62,63,67,68,7 AS OF 7/22/75 THE RAJAH 49 WAS PRODUCING 600 TONS/MONTH OF A AVERAGE GRADE ORE OF 0.20% U308 AND 0.78% V205. OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/02/1981
MSHA mine ID0501761
Mine name (MSHA)Rajah 49
Current operatorRajah Ventures Ltd
Current controller (parent)Swerdfeger R M
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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