Maybell Pit

Producer in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287941
MRDS ID D008020
MAS/MILS ID 0080810211
Record type Site
Current site name Maybell Pit
Related records 10107975

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.07568, 40.60356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maybell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon of Lodore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008 N 095 W 33 W2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.07568, 40.60356

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Don Steele
    ID 502719
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Steele Construction
    ID 502719
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-1980 Rlw 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 09/27/1984
MSHA mine ID0502719
Mine name (MSHA)Maybell Pit
Current operatorSteele Construction
Current controller (parent)Steele Don
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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