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Yankee Uranium Mine

Past Producer in Montrose 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191345
MAS/MILS ID 0080850547
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee Uranium Mine
Alternate or previous names West Paradox Creek Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.05428, 38.38389 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckeye Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(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

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048 N 020 W 19 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) -109.05428, 38.38389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 83.9M
    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 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWN:YANKEE URANIUM CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3695. DATE OF RE 1955. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE ONLY PRODUCTION HAD BEEN AVERAGING .3% U308 WHICH HAD BEEN STOCKPILED. ORE DEPOTS ARE MILES AT URAVAN, COLO., AND 42 MILES AWAY TO NATURITA, COLO. ED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT ON THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY THE YANKEE URANIUM COMPANY, UT A 30-FT. INCLINED ADIT. A PROGRAM FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION WA PROVED IN THE DMEA REPORT.

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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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