Valley View Mine

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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118054
MAS/MILS ID 0080850516
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.00258, 38.42809 (WGS84)
Elevation 2294
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

Buckeye Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(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

Manti-La Sal 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 Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048 N 019 W 07 NWNESE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.00258, 38.42809

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 77E
    Thickness 0.3M
    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
    Strike And Dip N50W:77E
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. E. Lewis Inc
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB,DC04308;COLO BU OF MINES 1966 SUMMARY

  • Deposit

    OP:WILLIAM HICKEY,1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 7 ADITS 3OF WHICH LIE NORTHEAST OF A ZONE IN AN UNDISTURBED,ALMOST FLAT LYING SANDSTONE. THE OTHE DRIFTS BEAR N50W PARALLELING THE STRIKE OF UPTURNED BEDS AND FAULT. IN THE UPTURNED BEDS,ORE HAS BEEN MINED FROM 4 DIFFER LEVELS WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY WINZES AND RAISES. THE ORE PRO AVERAGED 1.34% V205 AND 0.38% U308 THE KEY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS FORM WAS US PAPER 508

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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.