Ellison

Prospect in San Miguel 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119445
MAS/MILS ID 0081130522
Record type Site
Current site name Ellison
Alternate or previous names Ellison Ml-32

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.88788, 38.0414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Range Mesa(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)

Federal lands

OTHFE(Federal land areas administered by OTHFE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044 N 018 W 31 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.88788, 38.0414

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pioneer Uravan, Inc
    ID 503241
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Richards, Sam
    ID 503241
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: C D M SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT 1976, MMR DOC NOS. 403882 &

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS USING MSHA INSPECTION DATA 4-80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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 07/08/1985
MSHA mine ID0503241
Mine name (MSHA)Ellison Mine
Current operatorB-Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Moore Michael
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

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