B-Chitty-U

Producer in Mesa 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 10191325
MAS/MILS ID 0080770576
Record type Site
Current site name B-Chitty-U

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.91428, 38.59829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juanita Arch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(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 050 N 018 W 18 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.91428, 38.59829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank T Wilson
    ID 503104
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDM A SUMMARY OF MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES IN COLORADO 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Stoneman 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 08/15/1977
MSHA mine ID0503104
Mine name (MSHA)B-Chitty-U
Current operatorFrank T Wilson
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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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