| Deposit ID | 10215955 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0081130083 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dolores Uranium |
| Alternate or previous names | Northeastern Slick Rock Claims, Monument Valley, Red Canyon, Deer, Valley, Faulte, Cedar Flat, Cont, Bush Creek, and Slick Rock Claims |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.08758, 37.9881 (WGS84) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Piute Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 043 N | 018 W | 18 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | Dakota Ss and Cedar Mtn. or Burro Canyon Formations |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081130083 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3738. DATE OF RE 1955. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTIO THE CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY DOLORES URANIUM COR THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, AND 20, T. 43 N 18 W., SECS. 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 12, T. 43 N., R. 19 W., AND SEC 26, 27, 34, 35, AND 36, T. 44 N., R. 19 W., N.M.P.M., SLICK MINING DISTRICT. MILLS ARE IN NATURITA, URAVAN, COLO., AND M CELL, UTAH, RESPECTIVELY 49, 66, AND 51 MILES DISTANT. INCLU THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. BASE PREVIOUS EXPLORATION, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE F THER EXPLORATION SHOULD BE DENIED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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