The Firebird Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.
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Firebird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Firebird Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING
Comment (Deposit): OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION,COLORADO 81501 THE MINE IS ENTERED THROUGH AN UNTIMBERED INCLINE 140 FT LON MINUS 20 . THE INCLINE WAS SUNK TO THE BOTTOM OF ORE, AND TH HAULAGEWAYS WERE DRIVEN IN THE ORE ZONE. THE FIREBIRD INCLIN ABOUT 800 FT FROM THE GROUNDHOG MINE INCLINE. THE MONTROSE C ASSESSORS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING VALUES FOR THE GROSS VALUE ORE PRODUCED, DEVELOPMENT COST, AND HAULAGE COSTS: DATE GROSS VALUE DEVELOPMENT COST HAULAGE COST 6- 6-74 4918.08 702.01 211.27 7- 6-74 6362.90 892.12 343.49 8- 6-74 2944.52 394.52 209.07 9- 6-74 2572.38 346.30 176.53 11-30-74 4350.52 599.22 367.81 12- 6-74 4814.52 612.72 342.17
References
Reference (Deposit): OWN/OP:SAGE & SAGE MINING CO.,1975REF:MAS FILE;7.5 QUAD MAP
Reference (Deposit): REF:COLO. DIV. OF MINES ACTIVE MET/NONMET,1975
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