Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims

Prospect in Garfield county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288593
MRDS ID D009736
MAS/MILS ID 0080450013
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Van Tunnel and Uv Claims
Alternate or previous names U V and Elk Van Claims
Related records 10013444

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.65815, 39.67388 (WGS84)
Elevation 2471

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rifle Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenwood Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters-Plateau(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 004 S 092 W 25 NW1/4 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) -107.65815, 39.67388

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 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mascon Brothers
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3360, DATED 1954. T CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 29, 30, 31, AND 32, T. 4 S., R. 91 W. MI IS AVAILABLE ABOUT 25 MILES DISTANT AT RIFLE, COLO. AT THE T THE REPORT, PRODUCTION WAS AS FOLLOWS: NO PRODUCTION FROM UV PRODUCTION FROM ELK VAN CLAIMS WAS 10 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING U308 AND 2.15% V205. THE CLAIM CONTROLLER THEN WAS MID-CONTI URANIUM CORP., COLO. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE CLAIM AND LO MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED EXPLORATION ASSISTANCE BE GR THE AEC PRINTOUT LISTS MASCON BROS. AS THE MOST RECENT CONTR OF ELK VAN TUNNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAY-1993 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

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