| Deposit ID | 10263596 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850224 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ground Hog Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.85378, 38.14279 (WGS84) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bull Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montrose |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 047 N | 017 W | 20 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.85378, 38.14279 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1940 |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| District name | Uravan |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide Corp. |
| ID | 501172 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charles Pickens 801 N. Market St. Cortez,Colo. 81321 |
| ID | 501172 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080850224 | |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 0501172 |
REFERENCE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 79
URANIUM-MINING PRACTICES AND COSTS AT TEN SALT WASH LEASE OP
OF UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION,COLORADO 81501 THE GROUND HOG MINE IS LOCATED IN THE LONG PARK AREA OF THE MINERAL BELT. THE FIREBIRD MINE IS LOCATED 800 FEET FROM THE GROUND HOG MINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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