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Mineral Joe Group

Producer in Montrose county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264357
MAS/MILS ID 0080850328
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Joe Group
Alternate or previous names Mineral Joe 1 - 12, Mineral Joe 1-12

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.71927, 38.21529 (WGS84)
Elevation 1860

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naturita NW(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 26 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) -108.71927, 38.21529
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 14S
    Thickness 2.8M
    Depth to top 84M
    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
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N50W:14S
    Minimum Depth to Top 76
    Date of Last Modification 800125

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Uravan

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colorado Kenworth, Inc.
    ID 500914
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Minerals Corp.
    ID 500914
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCES: DARE,W.,1959,UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS AND COS

  • Deposit

    THREE SALT WASH URANIUM MINES OF CLIMAX URANIUM CO.: U.S.BUR

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7908

  • Deposit

    COLORADO STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE LOCATED ON MONOGRAM MESA IN BULL CANYON DISTRICT OPERATOR ADDRESS: BOX 16043, DENVER, COLORADO THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DATA IN OWNER- ATLAS MINERALS ASSAY OF SAMPLES- .20% U308 AND 1.25% V205 DEPOSIT- 6-10 FEET THICK GROUND SUPPORT- SQUARE SET, PILLARS, POST AND CAP, CRIBS

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/12/1984
MSHA mine ID0500914
Mine name (MSHA)Mineral Joe #2
Current operatorPhil Bunker Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Bunker Phil
Mine typeUnderground (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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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Atlas Minerals Corp. — dissolved ~1998
    Atlas Corporation filed Chapter 11 in 1998 amid uranium-mine reclamation liabilities. Mining assets were dispersed in bankruptcy.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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