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Starlight #7

Past Producer in Montrose 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304918
MRDS ID DC03641
MAS/MILS ID 0080851203
Record type Site
Current site name Starlight #7
Alternate or previous names Starlight #7 Mine
Related records 10017483

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.85508, 38.18919 (WGS84)
Elevation 1847
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Canyon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 045 N 018 W 04 NWNENE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.85508, 38.18919
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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
    Owner Dual Mining Co.
    ID 503118
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Climax Uranium Co., Rex Holland
    ID 503118
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 1961 RPT. REF:BLM SUR MNGT QUAD

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION DATA, REVISED BY MILS 3-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/18/1980
MSHA mine ID0503118
Mine name (MSHA)Starlite No 7
Current operatorDuel Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Rasmussen Fred & Clifton Patterson
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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