| Deposit ID | 10239152 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC02328 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080770167 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Payrock Mines |
| Related records | 10016896 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.88848, 38.70079 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2156 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Mesa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 051 N | 018 W | 17 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.88848, 38.70079 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Doyle, M. K. |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080770167 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC02328 | MAS references MRDS |
REV BY MILS 5-79
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO.3505. AT THE TIME DMEA REPORT, 1954, THE CLAIMS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE GATEW ING DISTRICT WERE CONTROLED BY THE PAYROCK URANIUM CO., INC. COLORADO. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT WAS A LOCATION MAP. AC TO THE DMEA REPORT, THE PAYROCK CLAIMS PRODUCED 1030 TONS OF AVERAGING .27% U308 AND 1.51% V205 IN THE PERIOD FROM 1949 T 1954. THE DMEA REPORT STATED THAT UNTIL A GEOLOGICAL MAP WIT DRILLING DATA WAS SUBMITTED, NO ASSISTANCE WOULD BE LENT. HO IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE PAYROCK C MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM-BEARING DEPOS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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