| Deposit ID | 10118365 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC04037 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850552 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yip Yip Mine |
| Related records | 10017695 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.02648, 38.26999 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2025 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montrose(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ray Mesa(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montrose |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 046 N | 020 W | 01 | W2NWSW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | Morrison Fm, Summerville Fm, and Entrada Sandstone |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080850552 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC04037 | MAS references MRDS |
REF:CRIB,DC04037;MAS FILE REF:USGS PROF PAPER 508
OWN:W.C. WEAVER,1951 OP:DON DANVERS URANIUM CO,
AVG. GRADE:1.46% V205,0.34% U308
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY WAS STAKED IN 1951 BY W.C. WEAVER. THE MINE WAS OPERATED IN 1952 AND 1953 BY THE DON DANVERS URANIUM CO. OF UTAH THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPENCUT ALONG THE LEDGE FORMED BY ORE BEARING SANDSTONE OF THE SALT WASH MEMBER. AN ADIT ENTER BASE OF THE SANDSTONE AND EXTENDS 50FEET. NEAR THE END A SEC DRIFT BRANHES OFF AND EXTENDS 60FT, AND ALONG ITS NORTHWEST ARE SEVERAL SMALL ROOMS. THE DEPOSIT COVERS AN AREA ABOUT 40 AND 100FT LONG. THE AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE PRODUCED WAS 1.46% AND 0.34% U308 THE KEY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE YIP YIP MINE WAS USGS PAPER 508 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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