Lost Dutchman

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263868
MAS/MILS ID 0080770132
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Dutchman

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.05599, 38.64079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 020 W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.05599, 38.64079

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 69M
    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 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Minimum Depth to Top 61
    Date of Last Modification 800306

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amax Uranium Corp.
    ID 500909
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Rajah Ventures Ltd
    ID 500909
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG., ENGLEWOOD, COLO. 8 PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1956 TO 1972 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS, COLO DIV MINES ANNUAL SUM MIN ACTIV IN COLO 197

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 07/20/1982
MSHA mine ID0500909
Mine name (MSHA)Lost Dutchman
Current operatorRajah Ventures Ltd
Current controller (parent)Swerdfeger R M
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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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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