| Deposit ID | 10289270 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC05589 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0081130069 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chipmunk Group |
| Related records | 10018515 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.87898, 38.11059 (WGS84) |
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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 045 N | 019 W | 34 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.87898, 38.11059 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 3.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 18.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Aztec Mining Co. |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081130069 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC05589 | MAS references MRDS |
INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT NO. 3293, DATED 1954.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN THE REPORT, A DRILLING PROGRAM WAS APPROVED, BUT ORE BODIES EXPECTED TO BE A FEW, SMALL ELONGATED PODS. THE CLAIMS ARE I 34 AND 35, T. 45 N., R. 19 W., SLICK ROCK MINING. THE CLAIM ER, AZTEC MINING CO. IS LOCATED IN FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO. A TIME, THE OWNERS REPORTED A PRODUCTION OF 179 TONS OF ORE, A ING .6% U308 AND 2.6% V205. MINING FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE MONTICELLO, UTAH, 49 MILES DISTANT. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT I LOCATION MAP FOR THE CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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