Radium Hill Group

The Radium Hill Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Radium Hill Group  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montrose

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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