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Pack Rat

Past Producer in Mesa 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166413
MRDS ID D002253
MAS/MILS ID 0080770163
Record type Site
Current site name Pack Rat
Related records 10009321

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.04929, 38.64969 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dolores Point North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mesa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 051 N 020 W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.04929, 38.64969
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 53M
    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
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp., Mining And Metals Division
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: BOX 1049, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. 81501 MINE LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF GATEWAY UP JOHN BROWN CANYON R PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE IN BACKUP FILE. IN THE YEARS 1951, 1954,1965,1970, AND 1971 PACK RAT PRODUCED AN AVERAGE OF 500 OF ORE PER MONTH AVERAGING .18% U308 AND 2.0% V205, AVERAGIN DAYS OF PRODUCTION PER YEAR. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. DATE OF REPORT IS 1952. AT THAT TIME THE MINE WAS CONTROLLE VELMA AND J.B. CROWLEY. THE AREA IS ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP WAAS 4 NE AND IS IN THE BEAVER CREEK MINING DISTRICT. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MINE MAPS. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE MINE WAS PRODUCING 200 TONS OF ORE PER MONTH AVERAGE .24% U308 AND 1.07% V205. THE REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE F EXPLORATION BE GRANTED. PRODUCTION DATA FOR 1951-1971 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OWN/ UNION CARBIDE CORP MI

  • Deposit

    AND METALS DIVISION

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.

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