Deremo-Snyder

Producer in San Miguel 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264568
MAS/MILS ID 0081130023
Record type Site
Current site name Deremo-Snyder
Alternate or previous names Snyder and Peterson, Snyder & Peterson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.01738, 37.9267 (WGS84)
Elevation 2130

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piute Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042 N 020 W 02 SE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.01738, 37.9267

Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 2135
    Date of Last Modification 810211

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Snyder, W. B.
    ID 501786
    Interest 100
    Home office Box 192, Dove Creek, Colo.
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    ID 501786
    Home office Box 1049, Grand Junction, Co. 81501
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1967 TO 1972 AVAILABLE IN BACKUP FILE. LOCATED 5.25 MILES WEST AND .75 MILES N. OF EGNAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OPER: UNION CARBIDE CORP

  • Deposit

    UPDATED BY MILS USING MSHA INSPECTION DATA 4-80.

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 08/09/1991
MSHA mine ID0501786
Mine name (MSHA)Deremo
Current operatorUmetco Minerals Corp
Current controller (parent)Union Carbide Corp
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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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