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Evening Star Mine

Past 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287979
MRDS ID DC04819
MAS/MILS ID 0080850190
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star Mine
Related records 10108349

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.03875, 38.3431 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pryor Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047 N 020 W 11 SENE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.03875, 38.3431
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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 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Uravan

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB,DC04819;COLO BU OF MINES 1966 SUM.;MAS FILE

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS PROF PAPER 508 GRADE:2.00% V205,0.24% U30

  • Deposit

    OP:R.D. KNUCKLES,1976 OWN:J.W. GRAMLICH,1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ARE: J.W. GRAMLICH FOUR CORNERS URANIUM CO PETRO NUCLEAR. THE ORE MINED FROM 1950-1956 CONTAINED 2.00% V205 AND 0.24%

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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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