The Tango is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.
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Tango MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tango
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Company ID: 500566
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 (Production): PRODUCTION DATA FOR 1969 AND 1970 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE. THE MONTROSE COUNTY ASSESSOR REPORTED THE FOLLOWING VALUES F GROSS VALUE OF THE ORE PRODUCED, DEVELOPMENT COST AND HAULAG DATE GROSS VALUE DEVELOPMENT COST HAULAGE COST 1974 8742.44 1095.60 908.71 SAMPLE ASSAY- .20% U308 AND 1.0% V205 AVERAGE DEPOSIT THICKNESS IS 2 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPORTS.
Reference (Deposit): DATA FROM 1973 COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES REPORT:
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