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Republican 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288597
MAS/MILS ID 0080850458
Record type Site
Current site name Republican Mine
Alternate or previous names Republican and Dusty

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.76488, 38.30889 (WGS84)
Elevation 2009
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montrose

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnelian Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.76488, 38.30889
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 0.2HA
    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 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Total Surface Area (HA) .2
    Date of Last Modification 780722

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALL DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORT

  • Deposit

    REF:BLM SUR MNGT QUAD

  • Deposit

    OWN:U.S. VANADIUM CO. OP:ROY FRANKLIN,1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE WAS WORKED UNTIL 1968, HAD PROBLEMS WITH RADON GAS. IN 1971 THE MINE DUMP WAS WORKED. PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1950 TO 1971 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE.

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.