The Yankee Uranium Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.
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Yankee Uranium Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yankee Uranium Mine
Secondary: West Paradox Creek Claims
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
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: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3695. DATE OF RE 1955. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE ONLY PRODUCTION HAD BEEN AVERAGING .3% U308 WHICH HAD BEEN STOCKPILED. ORE DEPOTS ARE MILES AT URAVAN, COLO., AND 42 MILES AWAY TO NATURITA, COLO. ED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT ON THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY THE YANKEE URANIUM COMPANY, UT A 30-FT. INCLINED ADIT. A PROGRAM FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION WA PROVED IN THE DMEA REPORT.
References
Reference (Deposit): OWN:YANKEE URANIUM CO.
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