| Deposit ID | 10288092 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080850245 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hummer Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.75287, 38.22919 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1957 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Montrose(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bull 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Montrose |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 046 N | 017 W | 21 | N2SENW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Unknown |
| Tyuyamunite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -108.75287, 38.22919 |
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| Strike | N00E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 08S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1909 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Uravan |
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| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080850245 |
REFERENCES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 79
URANIUM-MINING PRACTICES AND COSTS AT TEN SALT WASH LEASE OP
OF UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE HUMMER MINE IS INTERCONNECTED WITH THE OVERSIGHT AND JO MINES AND IS PART OF A LARGE MINERALIZED ZONE KNOWN AS THE J DEPOSIT. OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION,COLORADO 81501 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.