Long Park Group

Unknown 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166820
MAS/MILS ID 0080850307
Record type Site
Current site name Long Park Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.73537, 38.29389 (WGS84)
Elevation 1830

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Uravan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(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 Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047 N 017 W 27 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) -108.73537, 38.29389

Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Barnes, Levi
    Home office Box 156, Nucla, Co 81424
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALL DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS A GROUP OF 15 MINES, LONG PARK #1-#15. PRODUCTION RECORDS WERE FILED FOR EACH MINE SEPARATELY. THESE RECORDS A AVAILABLE AT COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES FOR YEARS 1943 TO PRES LAST YEAR OF OPERATION. PRODUCTION DATA FOR LONG PARK #1 IS AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP FILE. LONG PARK NO.4, NO.8, AND NO.15 ARE THE ONLY CURRENTLY PRODU MINES. THE MINES ARE LOCATED IN SECTIONS 27, 34, AND 28. THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DATA IN ASSAY VALUES- .18% U308 AND 1.0% V205 DEPOSIT- 1-5 FEET THICK, FLAT SUPPORT- SQUARE SETS, POSTS, PILLARS, GOOD GROUND.

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

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