Blue Bell Mine

The Blue Bell Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Blue Bell Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montrose

Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.2792, -108.73640

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Blue Bell Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Bell Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: C. C. Sanders
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Carnotite


Comments

Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501. OPERATOR ADDRESS: C.C. SANDERS BOX 396 NUCLA, CO 81424 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE: 1966-1968 AND 1970, AVERAGE OF 100 TONS PER MONTH; 1971, 100 TONS/MONTH, AVERAGING .15% U308 AND 1.5 ; 1972, 150 TONS/MONTH, AVERAGING .18% U308 AND .90% V205.


References

Reference (Deposit): REF:COLO. DIV. OF MINES 1974 SUM.;MAS FILE

Reference (Deposit): OWN:U.S. VANADIUM CO. OP:TERRY E. BUNKER MINING


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