| Deposit ID | 10191326 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850416 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Radium Hill Group |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.86178, 38.15529 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1981 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montrose(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bull Canyon(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 | 045 N | 018 W | 16 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.86178, 38.15529 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| 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 | 0080850416 |
REF:CRIB,DC03985;MAS FILE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3550. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1955, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE BULL CANYON MINING DISTRICT AND WER TROLLED BY THE RADIUM HILL URANIUM CO., INC., OF COLORADO. I IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND DRILL LOCATION MAPS. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE GRANTED BASED ON EXPLORATION, GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS, AND FAVORABLE LOCATION. TH RADIUM HILL GROUP IS IN SECS. 7 AND 18, T.45N, R.17W, AND SE 12,13 AND 14, T.45N, R.18W, N.M.P.M. ACCORDING TO THE AEC R THE LAST OWNER WAS UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION. OWNER ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 FROM 1960 TO 1972, RADIUM HILL #10 PRODUCED AN AVERAGE OF O4 OF ORE PER MONTH AVERAGING .25% URANIUM AND 1.70% VANADIUM. AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS OF PRODUCTION WAS 240 PER YEAR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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