The Radium Hill Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.1553, -108.86110
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Radium Hill Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Radium Hill Group
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: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
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
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3550. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1955, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE BULL CANYON MINING DISTRICT AND WER TROLLED BY THE RADIUM HILL URANIUM CO., INC., OF COLORADO. I IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND DRILL LOCATION MAPS. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE GRANTED BASED ON EXPLORATION, GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS, AND FAVORABLE LOCATION. TH RADIUM HILL GROUP IS IN SECS. 7 AND 18, T.45N, R.17W, AND SE 12,13 AND 14, T.45N, R.18W, N.M.P.M. ACCORDING TO THE AEC R THE LAST OWNER WAS UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION. OWNER ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 FROM 1960 TO 1972, RADIUM HILL #10 PRODUCED AN AVERAGE OF O4 OF ORE PER MONTH AVERAGING .25% URANIUM AND 1.70% VANADIUM. AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS OF PRODUCTION WAS 240 PER YEAR.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:CRIB,DC03985;MAS FILE
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