Peanut Group

Past Producer in Montrose county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264072
MRDS ID D002284
MAS/MILS ID 0080850386
Record type Site
Current site name Peanut Group
Related records 10107793

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.78897, 38.19169 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046 N 017 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) -108.78897, 38.19169

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M
    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
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N65W:
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 137
    Number of Inclines 1
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB,DC04041

  • Deposit

    OWN:J.R. SIMPLOT,1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE INFORMATION SOURCE IS THE DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3094. MINE IS IN THE BULL CANYON MINING DISTRICT. AT THE TIME OF T REPORT, THE MINE CONTROLER WAS THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY OF B IDAHO. THE LOCATION MAP WAS CONTAINED IN THE DMEA REPORT. AT TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, NO PRODUCTION HAD OCCURED. THE ORE WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 21600 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 0.26 P U308 AND 2.38 PERCENT V205. NUMEROUS MAPS WERE ALSO AVAILABL THE DMEA REPORT. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES SECTIONS 31, 32 AND 5 PRODUCTION DATA FOR PEANUT NO. 3 IS AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.