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Butterfly Group

Producer in Rio Blanco 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013399
MRDS ID D009669
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfly Group
Related records 10143072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.67066, 40.12219 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 14.4 MILES N 66 DEGREES OF MEEKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Blanco(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawmill Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Meeker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper White(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Rio Blanco

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002N 092W 23;26 SE OF SE (23); NE OF NE (26) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.67066, 40.12219
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description White River Uplift, Axial Basin Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Danforth Hills Anticline, Sulphur Creek Syncline, Unnamed Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coal Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. J. Mining Co.
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Dade
    First year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • BY 1971,6457 TONS HAD BEEN MINED AT GRADES OF 0.29% U308 AND 0.90% V205 PRODUCING 37,485 LBS OF U308 AND 115,596 LBS OF V205 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978). CUMULATIVE TOTALS FOR U308 AND V205 ARE AEC REPORTED CUMULATIONS THROUGH 1971 PLUS ANNUAL TOTAL FROM COLO. DIV. MINES, 1976. COLO. DIV. MINES REPORTS LBS U308 AND V205 ONLY FOR 1958, 1959, AND 1976. REPORT FOR 1960 HAD NO PRODUCTION FIGURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

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