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Uncle Sam

Unknown in San Miguel 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264388
MRDS ID DC05578
MAS/MILS ID 0081130322
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam
Related records 10018505

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.84238, 38.0836 (WGS84)
Elevation 1738

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hamm 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 San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044 N 018 W 10 S2 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) -108.84238, 38.0836
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 38M
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Box 1049, Grand Junction, Co. 81501
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Robert Starks, Box 134, Naturita, Co 81422
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN 1973. VERY BAD GROUND IS BEING ENCOU MINE LOCATED 10 MILES FROM HWY. 141 IN GYPSUM VALLEY.

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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