Whitewater Crushing and Sampling P

Producer in Mesa county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264328
MAS/MILS ID 0080770490
Record type Site
Current site name Whitewater Crushing and Sampling P
Alternate or previous names Whitewater Crushing and Sampling Pl

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.44927, 38.98498 (WGS84)
Elevation 1410

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mesa(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitewater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Mesa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Ute 002 S 001 E 14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.44927, 38.98498

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cotter Corp
    ID 503151
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDM A SUMMARY OF MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES IN COLORADO 77

  • Deposit

    UPDATED BY MILS 3-80 - MSHA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Stoneman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/16/1982
MSHA mine ID0503151
Mine name (MSHA)Whitewater Sampling Plant
Current operatorCotter Corp
Current controller (parent)Commonwealth Edison Company
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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