Blackburn

Past Producer in Montrose 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305705
MAS/MILS ID 0080850102
Record type Site
Current site name Blackburn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.76037, 38.22969 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046 N 017 W 21 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.76037, 38.22969

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.3M
    Depth to top 53.4M
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 45.8
    Date of Last Modification 800125

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    ID 501817
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • AREA MAP: USGS 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, BULL CANYON OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE: 1959, .5% U308, 75 TON/MONTH, 300 DAYS PRODUCTION/YEAR; 1961-1963, 250 TONS/MONTH, 300 DAYS OF PROD PER YEAR; 1965-1972, 1.40% V205 AND .23% U308, 310 TONS/MONT DAYS OF PRODUCTION/YEAR; 1956-1958, 67 TONS/MONTH, 190 DAYS PRODUCTION/YEAR. THE MINE IS IN THE EAST PARADOX MINING DIST PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1959 TO 1972 AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP F

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:MAS FILE

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP:UNION CARBIDE CORP.

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 08/07/1979
MSHA mine ID0501817
Mine name (MSHA)Blackburn Mine/Monogram Jo Dandy
Current operatorNuvemco LLC
Current controller (parent)EMSU LLC
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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