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Yellow Bird #1

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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191565
MAS/MILS ID 0080850549
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Bird #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.75177, 38.28389 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Mesa(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047 N 017 W 33 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) -108.75177, 38.28389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James Pierce
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 A MINE LOCATION VISIT WAS NOT MADE FOR THE INFORMATION RECOR THIS FORM. THE E.R.D.A. REPORTED A YELLOW BIRD MINE IN SEC 3 R17W AND THE STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPORT R THAT THE MINE WAS LOCATED IN SECTIONS 16 AND 21 T46N R17W. T YELLOW BIRD 1 MINE RECORDED HERE SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH YELLOW BIRD MINES LOCATED IN SECTIONS 13 AND 14 T47N R20W. FROM 1953 TO 1957 THE YELLOW BIRD1 MINE AVERAGE PRODUCTION W TONS PER MONTH OF ORE AVERAGING .2 TO .65 PERCENT U308 AND . IN THE SAME PERIOD THE AVERAGE DAYS OF PRODUCTION PER YEAR W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

  • Deposit

    STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPORTS

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ON LEASING OF AEC CONTROLLED..

  • Deposit

    E.R.D.A. PRINT OUT OF URANIUM PROPERTIES IN COLORADO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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