The Pack Rat is a mine located in Mesa county, Colorado.
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Pack Rat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pack Rat
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Mesa
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp., Mining And Metals Division
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
Year First Production: 1951
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: BOX 1049, GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. 81501 MINE LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF GATEWAY UP JOHN BROWN CANYON R PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE IN BACKUP FILE. IN THE YEARS 1951, 1954,1965,1970, AND 1971 PACK RAT PRODUCED AN AVERAGE OF 500 OF ORE PER MONTH AVERAGING .18% U308 AND 2.0% V205, AVERAGIN DAYS OF PRODUCTION PER YEAR. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. DATE OF REPORT IS 1952. AT THAT TIME THE MINE WAS CONTROLLE VELMA AND J.B. CROWLEY. THE AREA IS ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP WAAS 4 NE AND IS IN THE BEAVER CREEK MINING DISTRICT. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MINE MAPS. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE MINE WAS PRODUCING 200 TONS OF ORE PER MONTH AVERAGE .24% U308 AND 1.07% V205. THE REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE F EXPLORATION BE GRANTED. PRODUCTION DATA FOR 1951-1971 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MAS OWN/ UNION CARBIDE CORP MI
Reference (Deposit): AND METALS DIVISION
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