| Deposit ID | 10191399 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC04782 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850226 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Guadacanal Mine |
| Related records | 10018074 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.73317, 38.29639 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1986 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montrose |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 047 N | 017 W | 27 | NENESW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -108.73317, 38.29639 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 76M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 92.1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080850226 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC04782 | MAS references MRDS |
REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 1965 RPT. REF:MAS FILE
OWN:U.S. VANADIUM CORP. OP:FELIX MENDISCO,1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O.BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 THE MINE SHAFT WAS SUNK CENTRALLY BETWEEN TWO MINERALIZED AR THAT ARE ABOUT 500 FT APART IN A NW-SE DIRECTION AND ARE 190 310 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. THE GENERAL STRIKE OF THE BEDS I MINE IS ABOUT N40W AND THEIR DIP IS ABOUT 6 NE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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