The Rye No. 8 is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,004 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,004 Feet (1,830 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.075, -108.81000
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Rye No. 8 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rye No. 8
Secondary: Carnation Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dawson Mining Co
Company ID: 501106
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1958
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: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE ERDA GRAND JUNCTION OFFICE. OWNER ADDRESS - DAWSON MINING CO, P O BOX 428, GRAND JUNCTIO COLO 81501 THE ACCOMPANYING BACK-UP FILES CONTAIN COMPANY INFORMATION F WITH ERDA. THE PROBABILISTIC MATRIX COMPLETED FROM ERDA RESERVE ESTIMAT COL 1, ROW 1 IS BASED ON FORWARD COST OF $ 8/LB U.OX COL 1, ROW 2 IS BASED ON A $10/LB FORWARD COST. COL 2, ROW 1 IS BASED ON A FORWARD COST OF $15/LB U OX. COL 3, ROW 1 IS BASED ON A FORWARD COST OF $30/LB U OX. COL 4, ROW 1 IS RESERVES PLUS RESOURCE POTENTIAL AT $8/LB FORWARD COST AND COL 5, ROW 1 IS RESERVES PLUS POTENTIAL RESOURCES AT $10/LB U OX AS OF 8-8-74. TOTAL PRODUCTION TO DATE IS 77,799 TONS OF ORE AT 0.23 U OX. 1.45% U OX. MINING COST AS OF 8-8-74 AT A $10/LB FORWARD C PER LB U OX AS LISTED BY ERDA. DIRECT MINING $17.00 INDIRECT MINING $1.70 HAULAGE $4. ROYALTY $2.48 AD. VAL $0.22 MILL $20.00 TOTAL COST $45.40
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING
References
Reference (Deposit): REVISED BY MILS (MSHA) 1-9-80
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