| Deposit ID | 10142775 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850551 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Spot Group |
| Alternate or previous names | New Yellow Spot Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.99458, 38.26749 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2020 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montrose(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Paradox(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
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 | 047 N | 019 W | 06 | SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.99458, 38.26749 |
|---|
| Strike | N55W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 03W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 29M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 3.1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide Corp |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080850551 |
OWN:U.S. VANADIUM,1942 OP:GRAMLICH BROS.;1942
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED AND LOCATED AS THE NEW YELLOW SPO BY JOHN W GRAMLICH. IN 1940 THE CLAIM WAS RELOCATED AS THE N YELLOW SPOT NO.1 BY JOHN,RICHARD,LEONARD AND A.M. STOCKS. TH FOLLOWING YEAR THE STOCKS ADDED THE NEW YELLOW SPOT NO.2 AND SHORTLY AFTER THEY SOLD TO U.S. VANADIUM CORP. (NOW UNION CA ORE AVERAGING 1.70% V205 AND 0.13% U308 WAS PRODUCED FROM 19 1944. THE WORKINGS ARE A SERIES OF OPEN CUTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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