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Thorton Tunnel

Producer in Mesa 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215581
MAS/MILS ID 0080770001
Record type Site
Current site name Thorton Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Zee Lease

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.91398, 38.64359 (WGS84)
Elevation 2074

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gateway(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 051 N 019 W 31 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) -108.91398, 38.64359
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 02N
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 1525M
    Width 457.5M
    Depth to top 84M
    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. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N45W:02N
    Minimum Depth to Top 76
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. V Woodard And Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS - 2909 HWY 50, GRAND JUNCTION 81501 MINE LOCATED ON BEAVER MESA, 10 MILES WEST OF GATEWAY. PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE. (FR 1968 THRU 197 THE PROPERTIES AVERAGE PRODUCTION WAS 470 TONS / MO

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NONCOHERENT
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 12.3
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS TO MILS PRINT OUT OWN/ C V WOODARD & CO

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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