The Rae Marie is a mine located in Mesa county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,470 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,470 Feet (1,972 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.7489, -109.05750
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Rae Marie MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rae Marie
Secondary: Rae Marie No. 3
Secondary: Rae Marie No 3
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Mesa
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Shiprock Ltd.
Company ID: 501804
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
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: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: BOX 462, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 MINE LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF GATEWAY PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE FROM 1967 TO 1972 IN BACKUP FILE THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES REPORTED IN 1972: ASSAY- .20% U308 AND 1.0% V205 DEPOSIT- AVERAGE OF 3 FT. THICK GROUND SUPPORT- SQUARE SETS, PILLARS, POST AND CAP OPERATOR- LEECO GAS AND OIL
References
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 5-79
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