Amax Uranium

Prospect in Mesa county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190887
MAS/MILS ID 0080770223
Record type Site
Current site name Amax Uranium

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -108.56398, 39.06888 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters-Plateau(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mesa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -108.56398, 39.06888

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLO BOM LIST 1972 OP/ AMAX URANIUM CORP

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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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